In this photo provided by the German government, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, talks with Greek Prime Minister Giorgos Papandreou, left, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, prior to the summit on the European financial crisis in Brussels, Thursday, July 21, 2011. Greece would avoid paying back some of its billions in loans and a Europe-wide rescue fund would gain new powers to swiftly aid other debt-stricken countries under a sweeping deal being negotiated by European Union leaders in a last-ditch attempt to contain the continent’s potentially devastating debt crisis. (AP Photo/Bundesregierung, Steffen Kugler)
