George Bush talks to Europe about economic crisis

Calcutta News.Net
Tuesday 7th October, 2008

US President George Bush has discussed the global economic crisis with European leaders.

In underlining the need for cooperation, Mr Bush spoke to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

The US president, who was also expected to speak to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said to the European leaders: "It's critical that everybody gets on the same page."

The conversations were organized to precede the Group of Seven finance ministers meeting this week in Washington.

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