Ground control to Major Jean-Claude

Leaders from France, Italy, Germany and the UK gathered in Paris today for a photo-op and issued a statement promising liberty, fraternity and egality but little else. No pan-European solution to the credit crisis emerged, but finance minister meet Monday and Tuesday, so perhaps something more tangible is in the works. They better get a move on because the Fortis drama continues to play out ans snags have been hit in the Hypo Real Estate rescue.