Athens vs. Helsinki: EU's left and right to hold pre-summit summits

It's Athens in the red corner versus Helsinki in the blue corner, as Europe's two great families of ideological pugilists ready themselves for a pair of 'locker-room strategy sessions' at opposite sides of the continent ahead of the most important European summit since the economic crisis hit.

In the lead-up to a council of eurozone premiers and presidents in the EU capital on 11 March, Europe's socialists and conservatives have announced they are to hold separate pre-summit summits, on...