Obama and Hollande: "Greece has to stay in the euro '

The new French president, Francois Hollande , arrived Friday at theWhite House with little joy. He confirmed President Barack Obama to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan later this year and both commented on the possible departure of Greece euro . At least, agreed that the EU should be more concerned with lower unemployment and create businesses. "We must send a strong signal to Greece to say that his place is within the euro area" , said Hollande, who said the U.S. president, sitting beside him, share your opinion. Obama and he talked about how to try to resolve the more public money crisis after two and a half years of budget cuts and reforms failed halfway . And in this case the occupant of the White House said that his ideas fit more with those of Hollande than with those of Chancellor Angela Merkel. But after an hour of meeting, Obama failed to get more commitments from France to Afghanistan . Hollande intends to fulfill his campaign promise to withdraw troops in late 2012, two years ahead of schedule, and only said to help "otherwise" , presumably with money and military training of Afghans. The details are discussed in Chicago on Sunday and Monday in the meeting of heads of State and Government of NATO .

American food

To try to unload the environment, something cold and the need for interpretation by the issues, Obama joked that Hollande is expected to have prepared for the "fast food" American and enjoy the 'cheeseburgers' of Chicago. The French president replied that he has"nothing against them" . And the U.S. said that "go well with potato chips". In his rural retreat of Camp David (Maryland), Obama received Friday at eight leading industrialized countries of the world, including Germany ,France , United Kingdom and Italy , the first international meeting since the elections in Greece, Hollande takeover and nationalization of Bankia. The G8 meeting is also the first meeting between heads of State and Government in Brussels while explicitly mention how to get to the Greeks of the euro. "It's a very sensitive time" , explained the national security adviser, Tom Donilon .

Budgetary control

Obama says now be "pleased" that the Europeans back to talk about how to stimulate growth. But his administration stresses that it wants to exploit the division between Hollande and Merkel. In fact, try to focus on what can be done to reduce the number of unemployed in countries like Spain and insists he can still have a "balance" the budget control. But German Chancellor is becoming isolated in defending radical austerity.Apart from Hollande, also begin to doubt Mario Monti , the Italian Prime Minister and David Cameron , the first British and who complains that his colleagues in the euro area have too many years acting too slowly. Cameron said on Wednesday in Parliament that the currency is "facing a possible break" . British Prime Minister said with his usual crudity and distance to their colleagues in the euro: "It's a choice we have to do, and it's a choice we can not delay much" .