our europe correspondent, chris morris, now reports from brussels. mario monti on a many european tour this week, speaking at e.u. leaders to set out his stall. it's part of an effort to calm the market, sent out a message that the eurozone's third largest economy is back in safer hands. >> there will be more attention paid to growth, of course, to sustainable growth through reforms in particular. >> everyone knows italy has significant financial problems, and the new prime minister's first task will be to tackle his country's high public debt and low economic growth. he'll be judged on his result. but mr. monti may also be called upon to immediate all the between these two, mrs. merkel and mr. sarkozy struggle to reconcile their differences, hence today's trilateral meeting between the three eurozone countries, which are also members of the g-8. it comes at a difficult time, as disputes over the best way to try to resolve the crisis in the eurozone are becoming increasingly public again. france has been saying repeatedly that berlin should relax its

joining me from brussels is chris morris. is there any likelihood that they will find any sort of solution this time? >> i think they will come up with a way to adjust the firepower of the fund. officials have been working hard behind the scenes. they now have a set of documents ministers that set out how the program would offer insurance to people who buy sovereign bonds in the eurozone, making them more attractive to buy, and hopefully bringing down interest rates. they hope that china and sovereign wealth funds from other countries will invest. the problem is that positions are not looking great. countries like china and others have not shown much inclination they want to invest. the original idea that this could be boosted to a nominal target of one trillion euros -- most people think it will be a lot smaller than that. therefore, money has to come from elsewhere. >> in the absence of interest from countries like china, there appears to be more pressure piling up on the germans. i noticed the polish foreign minister weigh

our european correspondent, chris morris. said, don'tlways underestimate the political will to protect the euro, come what may. it is being tested more than ever before. when welcome piece of news for france and germany, they and the markets like the new man at the top. >> the eurozone's big two are meeting again with plenty of urgent issues to resolve. but this time they are joined by the new italian prime minister mario monti. the message they want to send to the markets? eurozone's third largest economy is too big to fail, too big to bail, but it is back in safe hands. can this respected academic economist also play a role in mediating between france and germany? efforts to find a way out of the crisis seems stuck in the mud. france still wants germany to change its mind and allow the european central bank to guarantee the debts of any country which runs into trouble. the fundamentals are solid, the problem is cthfidence, said the french foreign minister. i think the ecb should play an essential role to restore confidence,

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