Some background on the Euro Crisis

Below is a list of articles which will give a basic background on the Euro crisis:

The New York Times page on the European Sovereign Debt Crisis:
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/e/european_sovereign_debt_crisis/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier  be sure to click on "more" at the bottom to get the full background.

From the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-european-debt-crisis-in-one-post/2011/08/05/gIQAg69QwI_blog.html

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/264686/20111209/europe-reinvents-itself-primer-new-eurozone.htm

a rather basic primer from Matt Miller of the Washington Post:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/europe-made-easy/2011/11/30/gIQA7bHeCO_story.html

From the New York Times, "The Euro Zone Crisis and the U.S.":  http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/14/the-euro-zone-crisis-and-the-u-s-a-primer/