Pressure is growing on the leaders of eurozone nations to address the crisis of confidence in the currency.
The bailout of Ireland has so far failed to ease the strain on those other countries perceived as a sovereign debt risk.
With Greece and Ireland needing aid in the past seven months, the focus has widened to other countries.
Continuing fears of the need for further rescue packages - for Portugal in the shorter term and even Spain - show the markets are not encouraged by the way the crisis is being handled.
The euro currency fell to a two-month low and government bond yields soared upwards again today.
Investors demand higher returns on riskier assets, so steep yields on eurozone sovereign bonds indicate a deepening of the debt crisis.
