PaulDEGrauweof the University of Leuvensays that ifBritaincouldn't roll over its debtatacceptableinterest rates, itcouldultimatelyforce the Bank of England to buyit.
By pooling risk, Eurobonds could be a more durable counter to such destabilising liquidity crises, argues PaulDeGrauwe, an economist at the Catholic University of Leuven, in Belgium.
The poor showing of Prime Minister Mario Monti in the Italian elections his party won only about 10% of the vote is the most serious challenge yet to the democratic legitimacy of the euro zone, said PaulDeGrauwe, professor of European political economy at the London School of Economics.