And Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has large plans! After the Greece crisis and the 22.4 billion euro, which had to send Germany to Athens, Merkel demands now sharper punishments for debt states.

Among other things it wants to withdraw the right to vote in the European Union from the Sündern, if these offend against the deficit borders of the European union.

„Germany will support, said strict sanctions” Merkel already before beginning of the summit at the edge of a meeting of the conservative European people's party (EVP) in the Belgian capital.

Their opponents: the east Europeans. Countries such as Poland offer resistance against the project to paint with offences against the deficit criteria structural conveyances.

The stabilization of the Euro Stability Pact is one of the central summit topics.

EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy wants to give an interim report to the 27 member states over the progress of its high-ranking working group, to which also Federal Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) belongs. „I believe, it will be important that we make clear that such may never repeat itself a crisis of the euro”, said Merkel.

On Thursday the EU government advise in Brussels among other things over the reform of European growth and stability pact.

The constant EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy wants to report on the conditions of the reform discussion in the Minister of Finance working group. This is to submit concrete results up to the next regular summit at the end of of Octobers.