president herman van rumpi on thurgs. two leaders stressed the importance of cooperation among european countries at the start of the document. they said all possible measures should be taken to insure stability of euro zone countries so that they can overcome the current crisis. the measures include automatic sanctions to be imposed on euro zone members when their budget deficits exceed predetermined levels. other matters include writing into law the goal of achieving a balanced budget in each country's constitution and promoting fiscal union among member nations. france and germany are urge aing revision of the e.u. treaty based on these proposals and the focus is now on the outcome of the e.u. summit. >>> let's now check on the markets. sources say investors are hoping that the euro zone will agree on a solution to its debt crisis. on that the dow jones industrial average ended higher for a third day in a row. let's see how things are kicking off here this thursday morning japan. for that we are going to go to ramine w