Figures out this morning show that the German economy slowed almost to a standstill between April and June, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, meets French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris to discuss the debt crisis in the eurozone.

Peter Altmaier, chief whip of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party in the Bundestag, reflects on the potential "risks" of a eurobond deal.

And business editor Robert Peston analyses the "heavy responsibility" on the leaders to find a solution.

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