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BRUSSELS Top leaders of the European Union emerged from a meeting with the Greek prime minister early Friday, telling him much what they have for weeks: Come up with a reform plan if you want more money to stay solvent. And do it fast.

The EU leaders said Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras committed to providing a list of specific reforms in the coming days that would improve his country's balance sheet. Tsipras, however, said he had not committed to "recessionary measures" that would worsen the plight of his people.

Hanging over the summit of 28 heads of state and government are fears that the hard line of the Greek government formed in January could cause the country to drop out of the euro, something that would trigger a crisis for the currency shared by 19 nations.

Tsipras made a last-minute request for a mini-summit Thursday night. Among those at the three-hour meeting were German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and EU President Donald Tusk.

The leaders emerged more optimistic than when they went in but gave little evidence of why, other than the timetable of "the next days" for Tsipras to present them with his intended reforms.

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