European leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday for a two day summit on the continent’s debt crisis. French President Nicholas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are hoping to convince other nations to agree to changes in the European treaty. Meanwhile, ratings agency Standard and Poor’s says the E.U.’s credit rating is on watch.
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