EU officials are working on proposals aimed at averting a new phase of the
eurozone crisis. They will be discussed by finance ministers in Copenhagen
today amid a row over increasing the size of the eurozone bailout fund to 1
trillion euros.
The extra cash, fiercely resisted by Germany, is needed because of a growing
risk that Spain, one the euro’s biggest economies, will suffer a Greek-style
debt crisis this summer.
Nigel Farage, the leader of Ukip, said: “Divine intervention might be
more effective that the intervention of the European Central Bank, but an
all seeing, all knowing God would be wise to keep out of the euro.”
Officials who circulated the spoof email did not intend their work to become
public, or to be seen by their boss, Mr Van Rompuy, the president of
European Councils.
The reference to the Pope and the power of prayer has entertained Mr Van
Rompuy’s staff because he is an austere Catholic who goes on retreat to a
Trappist monastery where his brother-in-law is a monk.
“It’s just a little joke,” said the aide. “He doesn’t know
about it. Although he might now.”
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