Over for truslen om reelt sammenbrud i det europæiske finansielle system er det lykkedes for det franske formandskab at fremme en europæisk handlingsplan, som omgående skal støtte finansielle institutioner, som trues af krisen, og medlemsstaterne har i fællesskab besluttet at garantere interbankfinansiering og rekapitalisering af bankerne.
Faced with the threat of a real breakdown in the European financial system, the French Presidency has succeeded in promoting a European action plan to support, as a matter of urgency, financial institutions threatened by the crisis, and together the Member States have decided to guarantee interbank financing and to recapitalise the banks.