Eurozone voters query closer integration

Silvio Berlusconi may have the last laugh — at Europe’s expense. Once the subject of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s barely suppressed titters, the former Italian leader roared back from the political wasteland in yesterday’s election, blocking the formation of a new Italian government and fracturing the eurozone’s brittle newfound stability.

Ryan Avent builds on Henry Farrell’s analysis of the Greece bailout situation:

The situation is significantly worse than the mood. But the eurozone crisis is far from over. It’s wishful thinking to expect otherwise WIESBADEN, Germany — The German economy was hit hard by the eurozone crisis in the final quarter of last year, shrinking more than at any point in nearly three years as traditionally strong exports and investment slowed, the Statistics Office said on Tuesday.

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