Sources and authors
By Ian Traynor
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European integration: Britain and EU close to point of no return
20 September 201232296 The Guardian London -
Eurozone crisis: Here comes the United States of Europe
5 June 201279891 The Guardian London -
Debt Crisis: Eurozone, where the cold shoulder is king
19 January 2011773 The Guardian London -
Greece | Turkey: Armed EU to keep out migrant flow
26 October 2010136 The Guardian London -
Stability Pact: The Merkel / Sarkozy hijack
20 October 2010190 The Guardian London
José Manuel Barroso, Herman Van Rompuy, and now a group of 11 foreign ministers: everyone in the EU seems to be proposing greater integration as a way out of the crisis. But Britain continues to stand apart and the divide may soon become unbridgeable, writes The Guardian’s Europe editor. 
If Germany is to pay for the eurozone crisis, then fiscal and political union is the likely price. And plans for this are already being drawn up ahead of what could be a momentous EU summit on 28-29 June. 
With Portugal seemingly poised for a humiliating EU/IMF bailout and talks on an expansion of the stability fund, tensions within the Eurozone are on the rise. Squabbling between leaders and "Europe's big communication problem" is partly to blame. 
The numbers of immigrants seeking passage through the porous Turko-Greek border has quadrupled in the past year. With the Greek government unable to cope, Frontex, Europe’s external borders agency is to deploy armed guards to the region. 
Ahead of the EU summit to stabilize the troubled euro, the French president and German chancellor not only agreed on new budget rules, but have also called on reopening the Lisbon Treaty. A stitch-up, mutter officials at the Commission.