Eurozone crisis: Democracy in the balance

 It is often said that the first casualty in war is truth. It is quite possible that an early casualty in the eurozone crisis will be democracy. We now know - from a leaked letter - that on 5 August the ECB sent a letter to the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi. The European Central Bank insisted that "bold and immediate" action was "essential".

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