Major economies to agree 2 degrees climate goal: Merkel

L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday the world's major economies would reach a deal to limit global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius.

"We will today agree on a joint document of the big economies -- the Major Economies Forum (MEF)," Merkel told reporters.

Merkel also said she expected industrialized countries to set mid-term climate change goals by the end of the year.

She added she did not expect a breakthrough on climate change at the meeting of the Group of Twenty nations in September.

(Reporting by Gernot Heller, Writing by Sarah Marsh in Berlin)