EU TO EXAMINE

Faster euro memberships

03-02-2009 | AP

Panama Star At a summit called to bridge differences over how to handle the global economic crisis, leaders made a new commitment to the EU's single market -- a response to fears that any protectionist moves to prop up national industries would undermine EU unity. In a bid to unclog credit flow to the withering economy, the leaders backed European Commission guidelines issued last week on the treatment of toxic assets in banks.