The leaders of Germany, France, the European Union, the European Central Bank and eurozone finance ministers will meet Thursday to discuss saving Greece from default ahead of an EU summit expected to be dominated by its debt problems, dpa quoted diplomats said. The meeting will include German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, EU President Herman Van Rompuy, European Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet and Jean-Claude Juncker, the leader of the Eurogroup panel of eurozone finance ministers, they said. The summit comes just days before the Greek parliament is to vote on budget cuts and privatizations dictated by the international bail out that the country received last year. The EU has said it will cut off the funding unless Greek lawmakers approve the austerity measures. Greece needs the next 12-billion-euro (17-billion-dollar) instalment of its 110-billion-euro bail out by mid-July to avoid default. Approval of a second bail-out package worth up to 120 billion euros, needed to keep Greece solvent beyond 2012, is also dependent on the June 28 parliamentary vote. -- SPA