Faced with the threat of a real breakdown in the European financial system, the French Presidency has succeeded in promoting a European action plan to support, as a matter of urgency, financial institutions threatened by the crisis, and together the Member States have decided to guarantee interbank financing and to recapitalise the banks.
Over for truslen om reelt sammenbrud i det europæiske finansielle system er det lykkedes for det franske formandskab at fremme en europæisk handlingsplan, som omgående skal støtte finansielle institutioner, som trues af krisen, og medlemsstaterne har i fællesskab besluttet at garantere interbankfinansiering og rekapitalisering af bankerne.