12일(현지시간) 벨기에 브뤼셀에서 유로존 재무장관회의(유로그룹)가 열리기 직전 유로그룹 의장인 장 클로드 융커(오른쪽) 룩셈부르크 총리가 루이스 데 귄도스(가운데) 스페인 재무장관의 목을 조르고 있다. 옆에 있는 얀 케이스 드 예거 네덜란드 재무장관이 놀란듯한 표정을 짓고 있다. 사실 융커 의장은 귄도스 장관을 만난 게 반가워 이같은 행동을 했고 곧 회의장은 웃음바다가 됐다. 유로그룹 17개국은 이날 그리스에 대한 2차구제금융 프로그램을 결정하는 한편 스페인의 재정문제 등 장기적인 쟁점에 대해 논의했다.
Combination picture shows Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos (L) being greeted by Luxembourg's Prime Minister and Eurogroup chairman Jean-Claude Juncker at a Eurogroup meeting in Brussels March 12, 2012. Euro zone finance ministers will sign off on a second bailout for Greece on Monday and shift their focus to Spain, whose government looks set to violate newly agreed EU budget rules by missing its deficit target again this year. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)/2012-03-13 01:56:59/ <저작권자 ⓒ 1980-2012 ㈜연합뉴스. 무단 전재 재배포 금지.>\r\n Combination picture shows Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos (L) being greeted by Luxembourg's Prime Minister and Eurogroup chairman Jean-Claude Juncker at a Eurogroup meeting in Brussels March 12, 2012. Euro zone finance ministers will sign off on a second bailout for Greece on Monday and shift their focus to Spain, whose government looks set to violate newly agreed EU budget rules by missing its deficit target again this year. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)/2012-03-13 01:56:59/ <저작권자 ⓒ 1980-2012 ㈜연합뉴스. 무단 전재 재배포 금지.>
(위에서 시계 반대방향으로)융커(오른쪽) 의장이 귄도스 장관의 목을 조르는 듯한 포즈를 취하자 귄도스 장관이 잠시 당황하는 듯 하다 이내 두사람은 서로 포옹하며 우정을 확인하고 있다.
[브뤼셀=AP연합뉴스]
RETRANSMISSION TO ADD CONTEXT INFORMATION - Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, right, puts his hands on the neck of Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos, center, as Dutch Finance Minister Jan Kees De Jager, left, looks on during a meeting of eurozone finance ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, March 12, 2012. As ministers chatted with each other at the meeting, the eurogroup's chief, Jean-Claude Juncker, came up behind Spanish finance minister, Luis De Guindos, and jokingly grabbed him by the neck with both hands, but the gesture soon appeared to change into a laughing friendly greeting and then deep discussion. The 17 euro countries are trying to focus on issues beyond the Greek crisis and deal with longer-term issues in their currency union, like discussing Spain's high deficits and potentially dangerous imbalances in some countries. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)/2012-03-13 06:44:02/ <저작권자 ⓒ 1980-2012 ㈜연합뉴스. 무단 전재 재배포 금지.>\r\n RETRANSMISSION TO ADD CONTEXT INFORMATION - Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, right, puts his hands on the neck of Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos, center, as Dutch Finance Minister Jan Kees De Jager, left, looks on during a meeting of eurozone finance ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, March 12, 2012. As ministers chatted with each other at the meeting, the eurogroup's chief, Jean-Claude Juncker, came up behind Spanish finance minister, Luis De Guindos, and jokingly grabbed him by the neck with both hands, but the gesture soon appeared to change into a laughing friendly greeting and then deep discussion. The 17 euro countries are trying to focus on issues beyond the Greek crisis and deal with longer-term issues in their currency union, like discussing Spain's high deficits and potentially dangerous imbalances in some countries. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)/2012-03-13 06:44:02/ <저작권자 ⓒ 1980-2012 ㈜연합뉴스. 무단 전재 재배포 금지.>