NEW : PM : ` ` We face the biggest threat that our country has known over 2008 '' In Washington , White House spokesman Jay Carney said U.S. officials are monitoring the situation in Greece closely but believe their European counterparts have the capacity to deal with it . The new finance minister urges national consensus . The leaders of Greece and France are discussing the European crisis . France is struggling to find a way out of deep debt .
NEW : PM : `` We face the biggest threat that our country has known over 2008 '' The new finance minister urges national consensus . The leaders of Greece and France are discussing the European crisis . France is struggling to find a way out of deep debt .