Too early to discuss global financial reform: EU

The European Union (EU) said yesterday that it is "too early" to discuss China's recent calls for reform of the global financial regime during the G20 summit this week.

Instead, said EU Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the London gathering of top world leaders will focus on concrete measures on how to revive the global economy amid the financial crisis.

"I think it is a little bit too early (to discuss China's proposal)," the commissioner told reporters after meeting with Vice-Premier Li Keqiang and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Beijing.