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unusually for a European Council gave a joint news conference, have announced that the leaders had put a deadline till Wednesday an agreement to be achieved no matter what. "There is a clear determination that by Wednesday we reach an agreement to calm down the financial crisis", the French head of state underlined. On her part, Chancellor Angela Merkel added that on Wednesday there would be a meeting of the leaders of all the 27 member states, which then will transform into a summit of the 17 from the euro area, which, according to Mrs Merkel, would continue longer and the leaders outside the eurozone would be briefed in due time. "But", she emphasised, "these have to be decisions of the euro area countries".
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