Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor and the French President, François Hollande, expressed Tuesday his desire to Greece to stay in the eurozone despite the political crisis that shakes the country hellene and the breakdown of negotiations to form a Government that have led to new elections. "We want Greece stay at the euro." "We know that the majority of Greeks want to," said Merkel at the first appearance of both to the media after a first meeting in the Federal Chancellery in Berlin. For its part, the new French President recalled that Greece has assumed some commitments that "must be met", although he stressed that Europe are prepared to take measures to bring the country hellene back to the path of growth. Both Merkel and Hollande stressed that they "respect" the decision to Greece to hold new elections and the French President stressed repeatedly his desire to send a "signal" to the Greek people that "we want to help them to remain in the euro".
German Chancellor recalled that one of the reasons for the creation of the euro was to become "irreversible" the European Union and stressed that the single currency "is not only a monetary project, but political". Hollande reiterated in addition the requirement raised during the election campaign of the presidential galas of renegotiating the EU fiscal pact and complete it with measures to promote growth and job creation. In that regard, he stressed that Germany and France will study together ideas and proposals in this regard and seek the way of legally enforced. The new French President stressed the importance of the relationship between Germany and France for both countries and Europe and stressed that, differences aside, they are "close, balanced and mutual respect", and described as them "constant" historic. The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, received on Tuesday to the new French President, François Hollande, with military honors upon arrival at the Federal Chancellery, to start shortly after their first bilateral meeting. Hollande came to the headquarters of the German Government with hour and a quarter of delay on the schedule, since it was forced to change planes in Paris, after the apparatus in which initially undertook travel was reached by lightning shortly after takeoff. The Socialist politician arrived in the German capital on his first foreign visit few hours after being sworn in as the seventh head of the State of the French Republic V
