法德未达协议金援

据国外媒体报道，一名熟知内情的欧盟官员指出，有关法国和德国已经同意将欧盟金融稳定机制（EFSF）规模提高至2兆欧元（8.6兆令吉）的报道是“完全错误的”。

据道琼斯通讯社报道，这位匿名的欧盟官员透露，有关EFSF规模的谈判仍在继续中，很可能将会延续至本周末。

英国《卫报》网络版在早前报道，根据一项全面计划的部分内容，EFSF的规模将从4400亿欧元（1.89兆令吉）提高至2兆欧元。

德国总理默克尔周二指出，欧盟在本周末的高峰会会采取重大行动，不过化解债务危机需要更多后续行动。

Greek Default Would Destroy Faith in Europe: Merkel

Allowing Greece to default on its debt now would destroy investor confidence in the euro zone and might spark contagion like that experienced after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in 2008, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday.

 "We need to take steps we can control," Merkel said, drawing a parallel between the Greek situation and that of Lehman, whose bankruptcy helped trigger the global financial crisis.

"What we can't do is destroy the confidence of all investors mid-course and get a situation where they say that if we've done it for Greece, we will also do it for Spain, for Belgium, or any other country. Then not a single person would put their money in Europe anymore."

 In a one-hour interview on the euro zone crisis with the popular German talk show host Guenther Jauch, Merkel said she relied on the view of the International Monetary Fund when assessing how to handle Greece.

As long as the IMF was convinced Greece's debt was sustainable, then she supported that position, she said.

 Merkel also made clear that she did not view a parliamentary vote in Germany on Thursday on the euro zone's rescue mechanism as "make-or-brake" for her government.

Because opposition parties support giving new powers to the so-called European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), passage is not in question.

But some German politicians have suggested that if Merkel fails to win a majority with the conservative parties in her coalition — known in Germany as a "chancellor majority" — she should dissolve parliament and call new elections.

"We are talking about a law here, a completely normal law. The government needs a majority. The chancellor majority is what you need when you are voted in as chancellor, or in other special personnel cases," she said. "I want my own majority and I will fight for this."

She also said she was "appalled" at a lack of progress from the Group of 20 countries in forging a consensus on regulating banks and dealing with the "too big to fail" problem.