Sarkozy and Merkel to Meet With Monti Over Debt Crisis PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy of France said Friday that he and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany would travel to Italy on Jan. 20 to meet with Prime Minister Mario Monti, as European Union leaders push ahead with plans for closer fiscal integration to stem a devastating debt crisis. "I will go to Italy on Jan. 20 at the invitation of Mr. Monti, accompanied by Chancellor Merkel," Mr. Sarkozy said after talks with Mr. Monti in Paris. He will also go to Berlin on Monday to see the German leader. Mr. Sarkozy also called on all European institutions to "do their part" in facing up to the euro zone's debt crisis, just as he said European governments had done. Mr. Monti on Friday warned Union members not to let divisions about how to respond to the sovereign debt crisis blow up into serious differences within the bloc. "I think that the main danger is the birth and development of a basic failure of understanding between populations and member states and the return of prejudices between the north and south of Europe, old and new member states, with the potential for very, very great divisions," he said in Paris. Mr. Monti said European institutions must build up sufficient means to dispel any doubts among international investors about the solidity of the single currency. The Italian leader also repeated a call for the European Union not to neglect policies to stimulate economic growth, even as it kept up a drive to get the public finances of member states under control. He reiterated that Italy was on course to reach a balanced budget by 2013, with a primary surplus, excluding interest rate payments, of 5 percent.