Your country needs you to buy our bonds, says Belgium's prime minister

Belgium's prime minister Yves Leterme has been prompted by the eurozone crisis to call on the public to buy bonds. Photograph: Virginia Mayo/AP
Belgium's prime minister Yves Leterme has called on savers to buy their country's debt. It's something usually left to the finance ministry, which makes a low key request every three months when there is a bond sale targeted at individuals.