Tintin in Euroland

Published on 24 October 2011 at 15:00

High society in Brussels

Tintin: "Ok, let's start again. The Euro, you say? What's that?"

Nicolas Sarkozy "Sh*t."

While Steven Spielberg presented the world premiere of his latest film "Tintin" in Brussels, the Belgian capital hosted a summit of heads of state and government - including Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel and George Papandreou - supposed to find a solution to the eurozone crisis.

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