德法支持希臘，歐洲股市上漲

Major European stock markets rallied Thursday as German and French backing for the struggling Greek economy appeared to reassure investors that Athens will not be defaulting on its debts anytime soon.

German and French stock markets saw significant gains after positive report from a conference call between the Greek, German and French leaders late Wednesday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday they believe Greece should remain an integral part of the 17-nation euro zone despite a debt crisis that has forced Athens to seek emergency funds from its EU partners and the IMF.

Ms. Merkel and Mr. Sarkozy were speaking to Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou in a 25-minute telephone call late Wednesday. Mr. Papandreou said Greece will meet its commitments to implement austerity measures in return for international assistance.

Eurozone finance ministers will meet Friday in Poland to discuss the Greek debt crisis. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner also will attend the talks.歐洲主要股市星期四上漲。德國和法國表示支持在困境中掙扎的希臘經濟。這看起來讓投資者感到放心，相信雅典不會很快債務違約。

有報導說，希臘、德國和法國領導人星期三晚些時候舉行電話會議，效果積極。隨後，德國和法國的股市大幅上漲。

德國總理默克爾和法國總統薩科齊星期三表示，他們相信，儘管希臘的債務危機迫使雅典從歐洲夥伴和國際貨幣基金組織尋求緊急救援資金，希臘應該繼續留在歐元區當中。

星期三晚間，默克爾和薩科齊與希臘總理帕潘德里歐進行了長達25分鐘的電話談話，帕潘德里歐說，希臘將履行其緊縮預算計劃，以獲得更多國際支持。

歐元區各國財政部長星期五將在波蘭舉行會議討論希臘的債務危機，美國財政部長蓋特納也將出席會議。