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Credit rating agency Moody's Investor Services has downgraded its rating of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) - Europe's bailout fund - because of increased concerns over the financial health of France.

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The UK could leave the European Union by this autumn should the eurozone debt crisis intensify further, it has been suggested in a study by Japanese bank Nomura.

Cazenove's chief investment officer (CIO) Richard Jeffrey delivers his verdict on how the threat of financial market meltdown is being used by all and sundry across Europe to get their own way.

EUROPE

With banks hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons, Joanna Faith asks financials managers whether the recent volatility has provided a good buying opportunity or whether there is better value elsewhere.

EUROZONE CRISIS

The Chancellor, George Osborne, is taking legal action against the EU over plans to give a pan-European superviser far-reaching powers to ban or limit the short-selling of financial products, the Financial Times reports.

SATIRICAL VIEW

Unemployment in the eurozone reached yet another record high in March as spending cuts continued to hit the working population.