Investors are concerned about the strong showing in the French presidential race of far - right candidate Marine Le Pen, who has promised to take France
out of the euro zone and to hold a referendum on European Union membership.
Bennett told CNBC that he did not expect to see further monetary easing
out of the euro zone because the region was showing signs of a recovery.
In fact the creation of the euro largely wiped out local currency centers and most of the market actually migrated
out of the euro zone and into London.
If the talks fail and Greece fails to pay its way, one possible — and feared — outcome could be the country being forced
out of the euro zone and into adopting its own currency.
Not exact matches
There is no precedent in the
euro zone to address the debt pile
of a bailed -
out county and that's why discussions on Greece's debt are taking so long, the Luxembourg finance minister told CNBC.
There is no precedent in the
euro zone to address the debt pile
of a bailed -
out county and that's why the discussions on Greek debt are taking so long, the Luxembourg finance minister told CNBC.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, the
euro zone's most powerful leaders, said Athens must move quickly if it wants to secure a cash - for - reform deal with creditors and avoid crashing
out of the single currency.
While France and Italy have emphasised the importance
of more talks, a big majority
of the 19
euro zone governments favour taking a hard line with Greece, diplomats said, and Germans are running
out of patience.
The
euro zone central bank's vice-president hinted that restrictive Brussels state aid rules get in the way
of sorting
out banks.
Other states could remain members
of the Union but opt
out of some
of its integrating features, including the
euro zone and the Schengen Agreement.
Inflation will also be in focus as Canada and the
euro zone publish CPI numbers, while employment reports
out of United Kingdom will also attract attention.
A case in point is the Federal Constitutional Court's OMT - decision that has, as Justice Lübbe - Wolff pointed
out in her minority opinion, «incalculable consequences for the operating currency
of the
euro zone and the national economies depending on it».