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Sarkozy convenes Summit to discuss financial markets crisis
Economics    10/2/2008 1:36:00 PM
 
PARIS, Oct 2 (KUNA) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who also currently presides the European Union, is hosting a Summit meeting here Saturday of five major European nations to discuss the ongoing financial crisis on international markets, Sarkozys office announced Thursday.
In addition to the French leader, the meeting will bring together British Premier Gordon Brown, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, as well as the Prime Minister of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker.
Senior officials from the European Union Commission, like President Jose-Manuel Barosso will also attend, as will the President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Jean-Claude Trichet.
"This Summit aims to prepare the contribution of European members of the G8 to the next meeting of this body that will be devoted to the international financial crisis," a statement from the French Presidents office indicated.
Major European nations have been acting in concerted fashion this past week to prevent the bankruptcy or threat of bankruptcy to certain major companies because of the financial crisis that has also devastated the financial sector in the United States, mainly due to bad housing loans that have defaulted.
Some troubled European companies have been bought out and others partially nationalized by governments, notably local financing and investment entity "Dexia," which was saved by action on the part of Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg, which took a 49 percent stake in the company. France also provided funds for a bailout of "Dexia." The ECB and many other major Central Banks and the US Federal Reserve have injected hundreds of billions of dollars into the markets to prevent credit availability drying up, thus putting the squeeze on businesses and consumers.
It is unclear if the major European powers are going to propose a plan to bailout other companies or establish a fund for this purpose as is being attempted in the United States.
But on Wednesday, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OEC D), which represents the 30 most industrialized countries in the world, said that the US plan was already having an effect in reversing the sharply negative trend on stock markets and added that a European plan should be considered in the same vein. (end) jk.rk KUNA 021336 Oct 08NNNN
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