欧元区已经走到解体的边缘?

It does feel now more than it ever has before that Greece is shuffling its way towards the exit. And people are stepping aside to let it through despite the best efforts of Europe's senior politicians to block its part.

But it's the open speculation from some members in the eurozone about the future of some countries in the eurozone, which I think is doing real damage across the whole European economy.

Our unshakable desire is to maintain Greece within the euro area. We will do everything possibly to that effect.

Francois Hollande, France's new socialist president, would be officially sworn in later at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Hours after that, he will fly to Berlin for a meeting with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. They have different political views, different ideas on the best course of action for the eurozone and Hollande will want to make his mark as he steps on the international stage for the first time as a major world leader.

In recent days politicians in Germany have been asking very serious questions in saying that if a government can not be formed quickly and if they do not agree to stick with the austerity measures that are agreed to as part of the bailout packages that it might not be possible for them to stay with the eurozone.

Greece's potential exit from the euro is no longer a whisper taboo. One argument in favour of Greece leaving the single currency though, and there are few is that of certainty. It would be at last a definitive outcome.

I think the market to direct very favourly. I think the euro would be going up. So I think the markets will be released off finally in what's going on.

Yesterday Greece's president threw a final desperate row of the dice. He officially put out the possibility of having another techno-cratic prime minister to preside over a Coalitioner of parties. Greece's political leaders have slept on the proposal overnight and will meet again this afternoon. Such an outcome will be nothing less than a failure of politics, a failure of democracy. It could go down very badly with Greek people. After all, that wasn't what they voted for.

Alistair Bunkall, Sky News.