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Greek PM: Shares French Approach To Europe Governance
PARIS -(Dow Jones)- Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou Monday said he agrees with France on the need for strong European economic governance.
His comments came after a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris.
"We were able to discuss the proposal of a new stability mechanism for the European Union [...]. We have I think a common approach: we need a strong economic governance in Europe," Papandreou said.
France and Germany support revising European treaties to punish countries that break the bloc's limits on national debt and deficits by suspending their EU voting rights.
They also want to set up a permanent mechanism for resolving financial crises that would involve investors sharing some of the pain of bailing out countries.
Concerns that private holders of sovereign debt would have to take substantial loses on their bond portfolio sent bond markets reeling at the end of last week.
PARIS -(Dow Jones)- Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou Monday said he agrees with France on the need for strong European economic governance.
His comments came after a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris.
"We were able to discuss the proposal of a new stability mechanism for the European Union [...]. We have I think a common approach: we need a strong economic governance in Europe," Papandreou said.
France and Germany support revising European treaties to punish countries that break the bloc's limits on national debt and deficits by suspending their EU voting rights.
They also want to set up a permanent mechanism for resolving financial crises that would involve investors sharing some of the pain of bailing out countries.
Concerns that private holders of sovereign debt would have to take substantial loses on their bond portfolio sent bond markets reeling at the end of last week.