Eurozone crisis reader

The Eurozone crisis leads today’s news agenda (read William Hague’s take), with evermore dire predictions being made about the future of the single currency and the European Union itself. Many readers may be left uncomprehending as billions turn into trillions, and apparently we can’t count on the BBC for impartiality, so here is your Eurozone crisis reader.

1. Europe: The State of the Union by Anand Menon

Confused by the Commission? Unsure of how a qualified majority vote works? Anand Menon’s book cuts through the jargon, as its publisher puts it, sketching the parameters of an indistinct political system. Menon is not an insider and this means that the book remains simple. It’s the perfect primer in the subject.

2. A Stranger in Europe by Sir Stephan Wall

The insider’s version of Menon’s book and more detailed as a result.