Eurozone crisis

Yoda Van Rompuy’s special powers

Published on 18 July 2011 at 14:54

Fortunately, Yoda is here. / "May the force be with us!"

Herman Van Rompuy has convened an extraordinary summit of the eurozone for July 21. The President of the European Council hopes that under his leadership, the eurozone's heads of state and governments will finally find a solution to the Greek crisis in Greece and to the risk of the single currency capsizing.

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