10 June 2012
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He added that British businesses were "being held back because of uncertainty about the future".
But Labour's Ed Balls said Mr Osborne was making "desperate excuses" for the government's failure to deliver growth.
BBC deputy political editor James Landale says Mr Osborne has spoken before about the negative impact of the eurozone crisis but never in such stark language - or with such pessimism about the UK's future recovery.
Revised figures last month revealed the UK economy shrank by 0.3% in the first three months of the year, while in the final three months of last year the economy also shrank by 0.3% - putting the UK back in recession.
The government says the single market is a key driver for economic growth in the UK and in Europe.
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills says the eurozone may be responsible for income gains in the UK of between 2% and 6% - which would add around £1,100 and £3,300 a year to each household.
The move was agreed during emergency talks between eurozone finance ministers on Saturday.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the bailout was big enough to restore credibility to Spain's banks and Washington welcomed the measure as a vital step towards the "financial union" of the eurozone.
Mr Osborne wrote that the lesson of the last two years was that treating the "latest symptom" would not be enough to "cure the underlying conditions".
He added: "Our recovery - already facing powerful headwinds from high oil prices and the debt burden left behind by the boom years - is being killed off by the crisis on our doorstep."
"After more than two years of uncertainty, instability and slow growth, decisions taken over the next few months could determine the economic future of the whole European continent for the next decade and beyond."
He called for greater fiscal integration across the eurozone bloc and said a banking union was a "natural extension" of the single currency.
However, he emphasised that the UK would not be part of any such arrangement and that any further transfer of power from Westminster to Brussels would require a referendum.
Mr Balls said it was "deeply complacent and out of touch" to blame the eurozone for a "double-dip recession made in Downing Street".
The shadow chancellor added: "Despite the eurozone crisis, Germany, France and the euro area as a whole have so far avoided recession while Britain's recovery was choked off in the autumn of 2010."
He said what was needed was a plan for jobs and growth, in Britain and in the eurozone, to get people back to work and get deficits down.
"If we fail to act now, we will pay a very heavy long term price," he said.
George Osborne says eurozone crisis killing UK recovery
Mr Osborne said banking union was a "natural extension" of the euro
The UK's hopes of economic recovery are being "killed off" by the eurozone crisis, the chancellor has warned.
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, George Osborne said European
leaders faced a "moment of truth" which could determine the economic
future for over a decade.He added that British businesses were "being held back because of uncertainty about the future".
But Labour's Ed Balls said Mr Osborne was making "desperate excuses" for the government's failure to deliver growth.
BBC deputy political editor James Landale says Mr Osborne has spoken before about the negative impact of the eurozone crisis but never in such stark language - or with such pessimism about the UK's future recovery.
Revised figures last month revealed the UK economy shrank by 0.3% in the first three months of the year, while in the final three months of last year the economy also shrank by 0.3% - putting the UK back in recession.
The government says the single market is a key driver for economic growth in the UK and in Europe.
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills says the eurozone may be responsible for income gains in the UK of between 2% and 6% - which would add around £1,100 and £3,300 a year to each household.
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If Spain has succeeded, as it claims, in persuading Germany and the other eurozone governments to hand over the 100bn euros with no strings attached that relate to Spain's spending and taxing - to its budget - then Ireland would have a powerful case for demanding a renegotiation of its bailout package”
It says European markets account
for half of the UK's overall trade and foreign investments and that
around 3.5 million jobs in the UK are linked to the export of goods and
services to the European Union as a whole.
The newspaper article
comes in the wake of an announcement that Spain will get up to 100bn
euros ($125bn; £80bn) in loans from eurozone funds to shore up its
struggling banks.The move was agreed during emergency talks between eurozone finance ministers on Saturday.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the bailout was big enough to restore credibility to Spain's banks and Washington welcomed the measure as a vital step towards the "financial union" of the eurozone.
Mr Osborne wrote that the lesson of the last two years was that treating the "latest symptom" would not be enough to "cure the underlying conditions".
He added: "Our recovery - already facing powerful headwinds from high oil prices and the debt burden left behind by the boom years - is being killed off by the crisis on our doorstep."
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George OsborneThe risks for us of a disorderly outcome are huge”
The chancellor continued: "The
British government is clear that it is strongly in Britain's interests
for our biggest export market to succeed; the risks for us of a
disorderly outcome are huge."
He said decisive action was needed to end the instability as "we are approaching a moment of truth for the eurozone"."After more than two years of uncertainty, instability and slow growth, decisions taken over the next few months could determine the economic future of the whole European continent for the next decade and beyond."
He called for greater fiscal integration across the eurozone bloc and said a banking union was a "natural extension" of the single currency.
However, he emphasised that the UK would not be part of any such arrangement and that any further transfer of power from Westminster to Brussels would require a referendum.
Mr Balls said it was "deeply complacent and out of touch" to blame the eurozone for a "double-dip recession made in Downing Street".
The shadow chancellor added: "Despite the eurozone crisis, Germany, France and the euro area as a whole have so far avoided recession while Britain's recovery was choked off in the autumn of 2010."
He said what was needed was a plan for jobs and growth, in Britain and in the eurozone, to get people back to work and get deficits down.
"If we fail to act now, we will pay a very heavy long term price," he said.
Eurozone debt crisis bailouts |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Who | When | How much | Main problem |
Spain
|
June 2012 |
Up to 100bn euros |
Some banks borrowed large amounts to lend out, feeding a property boom. The credit crisis and recession meant billions of euros worth of loans could not be repaid |
Greece
|
May 2010 and March 2012 |
110bn and 130bn euros. Private lenders also wrote off debt |
Greece borrowed large amounts for public spending. The financial crisis, combined with deep-seated problems such as tax evasion, left it with massive debts |
Portugal
|
May 2011 |
78bn euros |
High government spending and a weak, uncompetitive, economy built up debts it could not pay back |
Republic of Ireland
|
November 2010 |
85bn euros |
Like Spain, a property crash plunged the "Celtic Tiger" economy into recession, saddling its banks, which had lent big to developers and homebuyers, with huge losses COPIADO : http://www.bbc.co.uk/ |
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