Merkel let it be known that she would not attend the summit in Paris if it was labeled a crisis meeting. As if to bind herself, the chancellor gave an interview to the popular tabloid Bild-Zeitung, soon to become notorious for its nationalist coverage of the crisis, denouncing any blank check for bankers.73 And Berlin could count on support from Frankfurt. Jean-Claude Trichet of the ECB told journalists that a common European solution was inappropriate because the eurozone wasn’t a fiscal union.
