From left to right: President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, one of the Eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker and the European Council Herman Van Rompuy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in the wheelchair, the German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble.

Concern is growing in Europe about Greece's possible exit from the euro zone, due to the impossibility of forming a government. Whilst the hypothesis is being raised with ever greater insistence, its impact on the single currency is still unknown.

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