As the debt crisis in Greece continues, the debate over a potential Greek bailout has hit fever pitch in Europe. The two options on the table are a still-unspecified eurozone-wide effort — which EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso seemed to support in an interview with France 24 TV to be aired on March 20 — and a potential International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout plan, which German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave tacit support to on March 17 in a speech to the German parliament . The question of how to deal with the Greek crisis has paralyzed Europe since December 2009 but now also threatens to divide European heavyweights France and Germany, as well as Germany's ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party. At stake is not only the stability of the eurozone but also the future of leadership of the European Union .