The argument used by the Germans and French as to why they wanted Greece, Portugal, Spain and Ireland in the eurozone when they knew that these countries had very different economies and systems that could not sustain the financial pressure imposed on them by euro standards is that Europe could not be united without these countries.
Well if that's the argument then the northern states must do more (and they are in some way) to support the south in times of struggle.
I have always taken the view that a united Europe is an important first step towards internationalism and unity but it will now seem that the people of these states who have had a good standard of living for the last 20 years (by borrowing money on the open markets) cannot take the punishment that goes with being a part of the euro zone and that's what ordinary people feel and say in the streets of Lisbon and Athens...
http://www.coalitionofresistance.org.uk/2012/02/sign-the-appeal-for-solidarity-with-the-people-of-greece/
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