- Crisis can’t be solved overnight, there’s no “big bang” solution
- Nothing must be ruled out in crisis management
- Must avert danger of contagion
- Hypothetical Greek debt haircut would need cautious preparation
- Eurobonds are no “wonder drug” and won’t help at the moment
- Need to adjust EU rules so that countries who violate fiscal rules can be punished
- Too many weaknesses in financial market regulations. G20 needs to discuss “too big to fail” shadow banking issues
- No good that some countries are avoiding a financial transaction tax
- Germany has important role to play as a confidence anchor in Europe