Eurozone leaders took baby steps toward reform, helping Merkel and Macron avoid an embarrassment.
The migration crisis hogged leaders' attention at an exhausting — and sometimes frustrating — gathering.
George Papaconstantinou worries the country will grow too slowly to pay off its debt.
Incoming chief economist at the OECD, Laurence Boone, says the importance of the Meseberg agreement shouldn't be underestimated.
The Franco-German reform plan now is in the hands of other members of the single currency bloc.
Macron and Merkel had hoped to finalize a partial deal on the eurozone this week.
Mario Draghi puts pressure on Berlin and Paris to shore up eurozone.
Former Deputy Governor of the Banque de France Jean-Pierre Landau laments a Franco-German deal in 2010 that worsened the euro crisis.
But Germany is opening up to the idea of reforming the bloc, says DIW-Berlin's Marcel Fratzscher.
Germany won't back anything resembling a full-fledged fiscal union, chancellor signals.