The newly-inaugurated French president Francois Hollande and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel have underlined their desire for Greece to stay in the eurozone and were prepared to introduce measures to help growth in the country.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed France's new Socialist President Francois Hollande to Germany this evening.
He arrived approximately an hour and a half late to their meeting as his plane was hit by lightning en route to Berlin.
During their first meeting French President Hollande and German Chancellor Merkel have said they hope to keep Greece within the eurozone
Francois Hollande has officially become France's 24th president as his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy left the Elysee Palace for the last time.