The leaders of Germany and France have said that they want a new rescue package for debt-laden Greece to be agreed as soon as possible.
Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy were speaking after Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou announced a cabinet reshuffle.
The changes include a new finance minister, Evangelos Venizelos.
Mr Papandreou wants to impose political stability as Greece awaits approval for the next tranche of bail-out money.
"We are facing the greatest threat our country has experienced in recent decades," he told his new cabinet.
Mrs Merkel and Mr Sarkozy met in Berlin after a public disagreement between their governments over whether private investors should be forced to assume a greater burden to resolve Greece's debt crisis.
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Note: 17 June 2011 Last updated at 18:32 GMT