G20 summit ends with eyes fixed on Greece

The G20 summit has now ended in France after two days of talks and uncertainty over the eurozone crisis.

Leaders say they have a plan to boost growth and re-balance the global economy, but the debt crisis dominated the meeting.

The eurozone and the G20 group of nations are now waiting to see whether George Papapandreou will survive a confidence vote this evening. If he loses, the Greek Government may collapse and a snap election could be called.

Italy and the world economy also took centre-stage at the G20 summit today. Italy has asked the International Monetary Fund to help monitor its economic and tax reforms, but refused an offer of financial aid from the IMF.

Earlier, the US President Barack Obama said the US would do all it could to help Europe out of the crisis.

"If Europe isn’t growing, it's harder for the US to do what we need to be doing to create jobs," he said.

Meanwhile the EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso announced that the Commission wanted a new tax on financial institutions to support development and help the world's poorest.