On Wednesday October 12th, the tiniest member of the EU, Slovakia, stopped an important agreement to expand bailout funds for nations which are deep in debt. That is not as important as the image of completely weakness of Europe. Actions like this show us how weak Europe is. We thought we could be like USA but keeping our own status.
There was a time when politicians could have tried to move a European federation further. But it would have meant to lose part of our independence as independent countries; and this is impossible. Disagreement is one of the most used words when a newspaper is talking about Euro bailout funds or plans for fighting against the high sovereign debt.
There have always been euro-skeptics, but they were lonely voices while the crowd was shouting in favor of the European Union. Now things have turned around and euro-skeptics have an important role in the political agenda. Why were they so few years ago and nowadays even politics who have been defending the EU are having second thoughts? As always, we are talking about money. Do we have to save the boat, sink with it or try to bail water out of the boat to save what we have able to achieve so far?