Angela Merkel - Chancellor of Germany and Nicolas Sarkozy - President of France
A pact has been made between France and Germany with regards to a strategy aimed at solving the debt crisis in Greece.
German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Nicolas Sarkozy are to relay a joint position when they attend a summit in Brussels aimed at preventing contagion in European bond markets, Bloomberg reports.
The two countries came to an agreement following a seven-hour meeting in Berlin, which was also attended by president of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet.
European Union (EU) officials are to discuss both the likelihood of a second bailout for Greece and the ways in which the debt problem can be prevented from reaching Spain and Italy.
Options regarding Greek assistance include using a bank tax to finance a rescue package and allowing a rollover of the country's arrears.
Bloomberg recently reported that investors are yet to be convinced that EU leaders will be able to arrive at a suitable and workable plan of action for battling the Greek debt crisis.
By Tony Aynsley
