EU leaders gather for an informal dinner in Brussels, but the main course will undoubtedly be the Eurozone's crippling debt crisis. There's a growing belief that the austerity driver heralded by France and Germany has backfired, sending weaker countries into a spiral of decline.<br /><br />Reports say single currency member nations are preparing back up plans for the consequences of a Greek exit. France's President Hollande wants the strategy to shift to growth - something Germany's reluctant to agree with. Both sides have to search for a compromise ahead of what could be a decisive 2nd Greek election in June. <br /><br />John Laughland, the Director of Studies in the Institute of Democracy and Cooperation, believes the EU tries to control Greece by giving it no other choise but austerity.<br /><br />Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday<br /><br />Watch RT LIVE on our website http://rt.com/on-air<br /><br />Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews<br />Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com<br />Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/b/102728491539958529040<br /><br />RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark.
