BERLIN – As Italy sank deeper into crisis Tuesday, eurozone finance ministers met in Brussels to consider once unthinkable ideas, including creating a European government bond to save the bloc even if major players have refused to sign on.
"We're actually really running out of money," said Bert Van Roosebeke, an economist with the Center for European Policy in Freiburg, Germany. "And politicians are starting to look for a new mechanism. Euro bonds are one of them."