EU leaders meet in Brussels today in a bid to present a united front to the global economic crisis

Leaders from Europe's 27 member states are meeting in Brussels today to coordinate their responses to the global economic crisis. Ahead of the summit - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said intensive work was underway to come up with new ways to regulate international financial markets. There are signs of deep divisions within the EU as the weakest economies call for a bail out in the face of deepening recession. +++SYN-MAZ+++