francois rivasseau, so angela merkel said this is the breakthrough to the stability union. now, what exactly does that mean? is this truly a new kind of union within the european union? >> it is a historic day for europe, indeed, because we have made a good step towards more integration as the proper way of answering the crisis we face. we had two goals, one, to tighten, the rules of the e."u" of the programs of debt and deficits. the other goal was to strengthen the firewalls to defend the euro. that we have also achieved. so i think it was ad any day. >> brown: these changes won't take hold for some time. is the expectation now that because of this deal, the european central bank, the i.m.f., others might step in with greater force to stem the kind of problems we're talking about. >> we shall see what the effect of the decisions taken yesterday are. but all in all, if you look at where we were and where we are today, i think we have made a great step in improving all the figures. there are a number of decisions which have been made, but everybody has to study quietly, and