Euro under siege as now Portugal hits panic button
By Bruno Waterfield and Robert Winnett, The Daily Telegraph
The euro is facing an unprecedented crisis after another country indicated on Monday night that it was at a "high risk" of requiring an international bail-out.
Portugal became the latest European nation to admit it was on the brink of seeking help from Brussels after Ireland confirmed it had begun preliminary talks over its debt problems.
Greece also disclosed that its economic problems are even worse than previously thought.
Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, raised the spectre of the euro collapsing as she warned: "If the euro fails, then Europe fails."
European finance ministers will meet in Brussels on Tuesday to begin discussions over a new European stability plan that is expected to result in billions of pounds being offered to Ireland, Portugal and possibly even Spain.
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Comment: The problem is not the Euro, the problem is our fraudulent banking system. Nevertheless, the euro authorities will do all they can to save the euro. In order to do that, they are ready to sell grandma's furniture.
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