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Political hurdles threaten grand plan

Expectations for the EU summit to discuss the latest policy proposals to tackle the euro-zone debt crisis have fallen so far that the scope for disappointment in the near term may be limited. Nonetheless, growing political resistance in a number of countries may mean that a further escalation of the crisis is needed to prompt a more decisive response from the policymakers.

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