Eurogroup leaders' financial crisis meeting

Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:16pm BST
 
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(Reuters) - Leaders of euro zone countries held an emergency meeting in Paris on Sunday where they agreed on the framework for pan-European measures to prop up the battered financial sector and halt market panic.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet and Prime Minister Gordon Brown were also in Paris for the meeting.

Below are some of their comments.

 
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