The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
December 9, 2011

E.U. Treaty Change Falters Over British Opposition 
---------------------------------------------------



The 17 members of the Eurozone are vowing to strike their own accord
after a bid to change the broader European Union treaty failed. Leaders
of the 27-member E.U. have gathered in Brussels in a bid to tackle the
sovereign debt crisis threatening the Eurozone. A proposal pushed by
France and Germany to alter the E.U. treaty to include tighter fiscal
controls failed after Britain refused to sign on. France and Germany now
say they will push for separate changes within the 17 Eurozone states.



.