G-20 Meets amidst Crisis in the Eurozone

To The Point, KCRW

Warren Olney
November 4, 2011

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The on-again, off-again referendum in Greece has turned the G-20 Summit into a crisis meeting instead of a demonstration of economic stability.  What's next for the European Union and what are the consequences for global prosperity? Also, a bi-partisan group of lawmakers say the Supercommittee must consider revenue increases as well as spending cuts, and the blame game in Republican presidential politics.

In Cannes today, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou met for two and a half hours with Germany's Angela Merkel and Nicolai Sarkozy of France. Then Papandreou went home and told his parliament he was calling off his controversial …

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