Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel have divergent views on the eurozone's future Photo: HAMILTON-POOL/SIPA/REX
7:00PM BST 18 Aug 2012
While attention in this country was focused on the delights of the Olympics, almost wholly unnoticed here has been the extraordinary drama unfolding in Germany – portending a truly seismic shift in the history of the European Union. The Germans have at last peered into the abyss that opens in front of them as a result of pouring all that money into the debts of their eurozone partners.


