European stocks have tumbled and the euro has slid against the dollar ahead of a major European Union summit this week over the eurozone debt crisis.


London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading shares was down 0.74 percent. Frankfurt's DAX 30 slid 1.77 percent and in Paris the CAC 40 shed 1.95 percent.

Madrid tumbled 2.75 percent, Milan dived 2.94 percent and Athens plunged 4.35 percent. [link to www.presstv.com]