The US President has spoken to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on how to fix the Eurozone crisis.

Italian Interior Minister Anna Maria Cancellieri has told the national team to go to Euro 2012 and play with pride after coach Cesare Prandelli said he would have “no problem” if the authorities would rather his team withdraw from the competition due to the match-fixing scandal.

David Cameron will hold his first face-to-face talks with Francois Hollande today as they join world leaders in the US for a G8 summit set to be dominated by the eurozone crisis.

The fallout from the failed hostage rescue bid in Nigeria was continuing today after William Hague insisted it had been impossible to inform the Italian authorities in advance.

The Taoiseach travels to Rome today to meet the Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti.

Enda Kenny will fly to Germany today to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel for further talks on the eurozone debt crisis.

EUROPEAN leaders return to work this week seeking to buy time for the Spanish and Italian governments to wrest control over their debt and rescue the single currency from fragmentation in its 10th anniversary year.

France and Germany will propose changing EU treaties to improve governance of the eurozone, says French President Nicolas Sarkozy.