France's Hollande says end of euro crisis coming soon

French President Francois Hollande said on Wednesday that the end of the eurozone crisis is "very close" but warned Germany to stop thinking Berlin should have the only say on how to tackle Europe's debt woes, The Economic Times reports.

In an interview with Le Monde and five other European newspapers ahead of a key summit of EU leaders starting on Thursday, Hollande repeated his insistence on pooling eurozone debt despite German opposition and said Chancellor Angela Merkel was preoccupied with domestic concerns.

"On the exit from the eurozone crisis, we are close, very close," Hollande said. "This is because we took the right decisions at the summit of June 28-29 and because it is now our duty to apply them rapidly."