Obama won’t bolster the Eurosceptic cause

UK PM David Cameron went to Washington to push for a US-EU trade deal and secure Barack Obama’s support for his demand for EU reforms. But Conservatives banking on Atlantic ties fail to realise America’s growing lack of interest in them, warns The Economist.

‘Eurozone mired in recession’

Europe's May 15 growth figures fell like a hammer blow. For the sixth consecutive quarter, the Eurozone economy has contracted – the longest period of decline in growth since the creation of the single currency, notes the European press.

New test for the Eurozone

Pool the debts of banks in the Eurozone, as requested by the ECB, or wait until every country has first put ​​their house in order, as demanded by Berlin? We must do both, says the Eurogroup. The real question is how exactly to go about doing it.