Sarkozy chaired an informal summit in Brussels on November 6th, after which he was praised by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso for having managed to build consensus around a common EU position ahead of a G20 meeting in Washington two weeks later.
Sarkozi je predsedavao neformalnim samitom u Briselu 6. novembra, posle kog ga je pohvalio predsednik Evropske komisije Žoze Manuel Barozo na uspešnom postizanju konsenzusa oko zajedničkog stava EU pred sastanak G20 u Vašingtonu dve nedelje kasnije.