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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced early Saturday that the 16 eurozone nations will set up a financial defense plan by the time markets open next week to shield their shared currency against further attack. With Spain and Portugal’s fragile financial systems already pounded by Replica Handbags markets in the wake of the Greek debt crisis, Sarkozy and Merkel laid out a plan to defend all euro nations against aggressive market movement.”The euro is an essential element of Europe. We cannot leave it to speculators,” Sarkozy said following nine hours of emergency talks by leaders from eurozone nations. “We will not let others undo what generations have created,” said Sarkozy.Eurozone chief Juncker underscored the urgency of the threat by saying that even the staunchly independent European Central Bank was on board to help out with the operation after Jean-Claude Trichet huddled with Fendi Handbags and Merkel just before the summit.

“The ECB will want to contribute” to the mechanism, he said. “We are talking about a global attack against the euro, and the eurozone must react as one,” Juncker said. Sarkozy said European finance ministers will hold another emergency meeting Sunday to work out specifics of the Versace Handbags plan. The urgency of Sunday’s hastily arranged Ecofin meeting is the first clear indication that fears of contagion are coming true, with the crisis that emerged from Greece starting to affect other eurozone countries.

The fighting words from Sarkozy and Juncker were another. Spain and Portugal are beginning to show the same signs Prada Handbags of trouble that Greece was three months ago, with borrowing costs increasing, talk of speculative attacks and increasing concern among European partners that some form of help could be required. “There’s no reason, no fundamental reason in the economy to make such suspicions about our sovereign debt,” said Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates. The summit, originally called to sign off on a bailout plan for Greece and draw lessons for the future, turned into one of crisis management amid market turmoil. Financial markets have continued to sell off the Bottega Veneta Handbags and Greek bonds even as EU leaders have insisted for days that the Greek financial implosion is a unique combination of bad Coach Handbags management, free spending and statistical cheating that doesn’t apply to other euro-zone nations.

Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, were joined by leaders from over 20 countries, including China and Germany, at the Red Square to watch the grand parade that is the centerpiece of the weekend celebrations. About 3,000 veterans of the Second World War and other domestic and foreign guests, attended the Chloe unprecedented celebrations. Around 10,500 personnel, 159 military armaments, 127 aircraft and helicopters participated in the Red Square parade. China and Russia should strengthen communication and coordination to firmly safeguard the truthfulness and seriousness of history, Hu said, adding that China would like to work together with Russia to hold a series of events to mark the 65th anniversary of the victory of the World Givenchy interaction and coordination in dealing with international and regional affairs, he said.Last year the “Year of the Russian Language” activities were held successfully in China and this year the activities have started in Russia, Hu went on to say.