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Posted: 11/20/2012 6:43:39 AM EST
FILE This Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011 file photo shows Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaving Downing Street in London, to attend the weekly Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament. Goodbye Britain? For the European Union, a once-unthinkable question is looking more like a real possibility with each new grinding week of economic crisis. The reason is that bad times are forcing the 17 EU nations that use the euro currency to move ever closer toward some kind of United States of Europe _ one that could make decisions about how much member countries spend and how much tax they collect. If ever Britain had a nightmare, that's it. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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Posted: 11/4/2012 8:16:47 AM EST
A general view of a structure of the Euro currency sign is seen in front of the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt August 2, 2012. REUTERS/Alex Domanski
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Posted: 10/29/2012 10:12:32 AM EST
A structure of the Euro currency sign is seen through the window on a rainy evening in Frankfurt July 13, 2012. REUTERS/Alex Domanski
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Posted: 10/23/2012 10:35:47 PM EST
Window cleaners are seen on a building next to the Euro currency sign of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt October 19, 2012. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
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Posted: 10/23/2012 2:33:29 PM EST
FILE - This Oct. 9, 2012 file photo shows protesters kicking a police barrier during a protest in front of the parliament in Athens. Europe is struggling to control a debt crisis, save the euro currency and stop a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis that sent the world spinning into recession. The continent’s troubles are the No. 1 threat to the fragile U.S. economy. If the crisis spreads to the U.S., Americans could find it harder to get loans and the country could slip back into recession. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
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Posted: 10/20/2012 11:36:43 PM EST
Window cleaners are seen on a building next to the Euro currency sign of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt October 19, 2012. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
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Posted: 10/20/2012 11:36:43 PM EST
Window cleaners are seen on a building next to the Euro currency sign of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt October 19, 2012. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
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Posted: 10/20/2012 11:36:43 PM EST
Window cleaners are seen on a building next to the Euro currency sign of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt October 19, 2012. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
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Posted: 10/19/2012 1:43:27 PM EST
Front row left to right, EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny. Back row left to right, Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic, Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Belgium's Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo pose during a group photo opportunity at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. European leaders are gathering again in Brussels to discuss how to save the euro currency from collapse and support countries facing too much debt and not enough growth. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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Posted: 10/19/2012 8:13:28 AM EST
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy pauses before speaking during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012. European leaders are gathering again in Brussels to discuss how to save the euro currency from collapse and support countries facing too much debt and not enough growth. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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Posted: 10/18/2012 4:53:43 PM EST
From left, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa, Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, Cypriot President Demetris Christofias, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Finland's Prime Minister Jyrki Tapani Katainen, French President Francois Hollande and Austria's Chancellor Werner Faymann walk off the podium after a group photo opportunity at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. European leaders are gathering again in Brussels to discuss how to save the euro currency from collapse and support countries facing too much debt and not enough growth. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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Posted: 10/18/2012 4:53:43 PM EST
From left, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa, Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande share a word during a group photo opportunity at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. European leaders are gathering again in Brussels to discuss how to save the euro currency from collapse and support countries facing too much debt and not enough growth. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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Posted: 10/18/2012 1:58:27 PM EST
People walk by posters outside of an EU summit meeting in Brussels on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. European leaders are gathering again in Brussels to discuss how to save the euro currency from collapse and support countries facing too much debt and not enough growth. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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Posted: 10/18/2012 1:58:25 PM EST
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy speaks during a tripartite social summit at the EU Council building in Brussels on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. European leaders are gathering again in Brussels to discuss how to save the euro currency from collapse and support countries facing too much debt and not enough growth. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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Posted: 10/18/2012 10:53:25 AM EST
British Prime Minister David Cameron arrives for a meeting at a hotel prior to an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. European leaders are gathering again in Brussels to discuss how to save the euro currency from collapse and support countries facing too much debt and not enough growth. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
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Posted: 10/18/2012 10:53:25 AM EST
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, center, looks at Director General of Business Europe Philippe de Buck during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. European leaders are gathering again in Brussels to discuss how to save the euro currency from collapse and support countries facing too much debt and not enough growth. At left is European Council President Herman Van Rompuy. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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Posted: 10/18/2012 10:53:25 AM EST
French President Francois Hollande, center, arrives for a meeting of European Socialist Party leaders prior to an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. European leaders are gathering again in Brussels to discuss how to save the euro currency from collapse and support countries facing too much debt and not enough growth. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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Posted: 10/10/2012 1:13:33 AM EST
FILE - This Oct. 9, 2012 file photo shows Greek and European Union flags fly on the top of the Finance Ministry in Athens. Europe is struggling to control a debt crisis, save the euro currency and stop a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis that sent the world spinning into recession. The continent’s troubles are the No. 1 threat to the fragile U.S. economy. If the crisis spreads to the U.S., Americans could find it harder to get loans and the country could slip back into recession. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis, File)
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Posted: 10/10/2012 1:13:33 AM EST
FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, right, talks with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel in Athens. Europe is struggling to control a debt crisis, save the euro currency and stop a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis that sent the world spinning into recession. The continent’s troubles are the No. 1 threat to the fragile U.S. economy. If the crisis spreads to the U.S., Americans could find it harder to get loans and the country could slip back into recession. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File, Pool)
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Posted: 10/10/2012 1:13:32 AM EST
FILE - This Oct. 6, 2012 file photo shows protestors holding a banner reading "public services, no financial cuts, no privatization" as they shout slogans against healthcare austerity measures announced by the Spanish government in defense of the public healthcare system in Madrid, Spain. Europe is struggling to control a debt crisis, save the euro currency and stop a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis that sent the world spinning into recession. The continent’s troubles are the No. 1 threat to the fragile U.S. economy. If the crisis spreads to the U.S., Americans could find it harder to get loans and the country could slip back into recession. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)
