Economic power seems to have made a decisive shift.The crisis was followed by the slashing of interest rates in the developed world.
"We understand that the next 12 months might be the most decisive since the crisis broke in 2008," Mr. Fitschen said in brief remarks to the gathering.
The king was decisive in this crisis only because it was an issue upon which he felt most deeply and upon which he instinctively expressed the feelings of the majority of the backbenchers in the House of Commons, though Pitt never pushed the matter to a real trial of strength.
Mr Yushchenko's strong support in the capital, crucial in 2004, and his control of most of the security services, might prove decisive if the crisis deepens.Optimists see this latest Ukrainian stand-off as a product of the youth and fragility of its democratic institutions, and especially of a fudged constitutional reform agreed in 2004.
Politically, Mr. Sarkozy is forced to present himself as the responsible, decisive manager of crisis compared with Mr. Hollande, who has mockingly described the Sarkozy appeal to voters this way: "I'm a president who has failed for five years; I'm a nasty guy, but re-elect me because in these hard times, I am the only one who can do it".
Over the course of Nixon's first term he acted as my partner, strong in crises, decisive in judgment, skilful in bureaucratic infighting... [But] I could not help noticing that Haig was implacable in squeezing to the sidelines potential competitors for my attention".
But in Berlin, which plays a decisive role in eurozone crisis management, the key decision-makers believe Greek membership of the euro is becoming unsustainable.
Ayatollah Sistani's role has been decisive at moments of crisis.
He said this meeting, which was never made public, was the "decisive moment" in the crisis.
