欧元区难解欧洲债，奥巴马会晤奥朗德

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G8峰会召开前夕，美、法总统在白宫首次正式会晤。“双奥会”上，两人就欧洲经济问题交换了意见，似乎相当默契。
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Greece
President Obama
Chancellor Angela Merkel
Socialist President Francois Hollande
G8
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答疑：fancyfrancesThe turmoil in Greece is draining confidence in the 17 countries that use the euro and global markets are on edge. But what is the way forward? Is it the austerity advocated by Germany, or the kind of growth promoted by fiscal stimulus favoured by, say, President Obama? The German Chancellor Angela Merkel used to be able to rely on France to push her Europe wide austerity agenda, but that's now changed with the election of the Socialist President Francois Hollande who's keener on growth. Today he had talks at the White House with President Obama ahead of the G8 summit.
"Obviously we have had a lot to talk about. Much of our discussion centred on the situation in the eurozone. And President Hollande and I agreed that this is an issue of extraordinary importance not only to people of Europe but also to the world economy."
And President Hollande replied by also stressing the importance of the economic agenda.
"I discussed important subjects with President Obama. First the economy. Growth must be a priority but at the same time we need to put our public finances in order through fiscal compacts. So we agreed that it is for Europe itself to come up with proposals for growth."希腊的经济动荡让17个使用欧元的国家信心岌岌可危，全球市场面临分崩离析。但是，出路在何方呢? 是德国推崇的财政紧缩政策? 抑或是奥巴马总统青睐的财政刺激推动增长措施? 德国总理默克尔(Angela Merkel)过去能依靠法国来推动她在欧洲范围内的财政紧缩计划，但随着渴望经济增长的法国社会党领袖奥朗德(Francois Hollande)的上台，这一切将随之改变。今天，在八国集团首脑峰会召开之前，奥巴马总统在白宫与奥朗德进行了会谈。
"显然，我们要谈的有很多。我们大多数的议题都集中在欧元区当前的形势。奥朗德总统和我都认为: 不仅是对欧洲人民，也对世界经济，这都是一个极其重要的问题。"
奥朗德总统也强调了经济议程的重要性。
"我与奥巴马总统讨论了很多重要话题，首先就是经济。经济增长是首要任务，但与此同时，我们需要通过欧洲财政约束协定来恢复我们的公共财政。所以我们欧洲自身要有一个对经济增长的计划。"