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The article discusses disagreement in Europe over financial aid to struggling members of the euro zone. Germany rebuffed a proposal by the European Union's (EU's) European Commission to increase by 100% the size of a $588 billion bailout fund. Concerns have arisen over whether financing arranged by the EU would be sufficient should the need arise to assist Spain.

The article reports on the economic condition in the euro zone, where there is continuing deal-making between the more solvent countries such as the Netherlands and Germany. The sounder countries aid countries with financial problems and try to control those countries' spending. Spain's government has faced lower borrowing rates when the European Central Bank announces its debt monetization plans.