Despite earlier similar rhetoric, this week will be a crucial one for the Euro’s fate. The two-year long Eurozone crisis will culminate this week, when the E.U. Summit begins on Friday. Expectations are growing that a breakthrough agreement, one which will provide for stricter fiscal integration of those Eurozone nations which use the common currency, will be the Summit’s highlight and critical first step. Analysts believe that if the agreement, which has been pushed hard by France and Germany’s leadership, is approved, it may open the door for more vital emergency assistance from the IMF and/or ECB, and that could go a long way toward restoring market confidence. Read more