I myself am given hard so it brings everyone together

Friday, may 7: "general mobilization".

16 hours. While the German President Horst Köhler affixes his signature plan of assistance to the Greece, voted by the Parliament in the morning giving force of law, French President Nicolas Sarkozy comes early in Brussels. He has already spent a good part of his morning on the phone with some of its European counterparts, and it comes in advance for a series of bilateral talks. After meeting with the President of the Council of the European Union, Herman Van Rompuy, the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and the President of the Central Bank European Jean-Claude Trichet (ECB), Nicolas Sarkozy meets with the President of the Italian Council Silvio Berlusconi, the leader of the Spanish Government José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of Spain and the Portuguese Prime Minister José Socrates.

19 hours. At a time where the Summit was scheduled to begin, Nicolas Sarkozy meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. It met earlier with the US President Barack Obama, worried by the turn that events in Europe. Since the beginning of the crisis, the French President left reflected in private - with some members of the majority - his annoyance with the position of Angela Merkel, including to not undermine the Franco-German couple. The unit, same facade, was necessary to give the most force possible Franco-German initiatives, such as their joint letter published Thursday and in which the two leaders call for a strengthening financial supervision and better governance European economic. But this weekend, the time of the "general mobilization" was sounded, and Nicolas Sarkozy is in a position of strength to head.

20 h 45. The Summit starts with more than an hour and a half of delay. The heads of State and Government spend table that a text is established, the version presented by Herman Van Rompuy is not considered up to the seriousness of the situation. The tone rises between the France and the Germany, including on the sensitive issue of the involvement of the ECB. Angela Merkel in curtly reminds the independence of the Central Bank, while Nicolas Sarkozy wants to participate in the effort, if necessary by buying the debt of the States in difficulty.

22 hours. Paris and Berlin have finally a more muscular new text. The dinner menu - asparagus, cod and Belgian chocolate dessert - a little relaxing atmosphere, the "sixteen" celebrate even the anniversary of the Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende.

Midnight. "A systemic crisis, systemic response." The eurozone leaders publish a joint statement denouncing speculation and announcing a series of measures to discourage. At the press conference, Nicolas Sarkozy highlights his role of conciliator, denying the information according to which the Franco-German discussions were sometimes strained. "I myself am given hard so it brings everyone together." "You do not believe that I will say a Word to create Division in Europe while there is a need of unity", it is thus defended.

Saturday, may 8: the wait

The German Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe dismisses emergency the appeal filed the previous day by five academics against the assistance plan to the Greece. The decision is interpreted as a recognition of the primacy of the policy on legal acute crisis. Nicolas Sarkozy, returned at three o'clock in the morning from Brussels, announces in the day he will travel to the ceremonies of the 65eanniversaire of the end of the second world war Sunday in Moscow due to the crisis European, Silvio Berlusconi, and contrary to Angela Merkel, will participate.