Originally posted by Lightrule
reply to post by Agent_USA_Supporter
I think what began as a trading cartel with loose borders aiding a peaceful Europe became the euro super state dream in the eyes of some (unelected)
power mad individuals at the heart of Europe.
The Greeks see it happening...
-Lightrule
The euro was an excellent idea. There's no disputing that, in practice, not sure if you used it, but living in continental Europe I've used it
countless times, was a major jump over previous fiddling with national coin.
The issue was that euro criteria were the same irrespective of the country being Greece or Germany. The fact that all countries were allowed to keep
tight sealed fiscal and economical policies made it not to work, as the euro would have required a more knit closed economy.
There's also the small issue that all countries (yes, including France and Germany as we saw two years ago) fudged their accountancy to comply with
the convergence criteria. This created a Brussels born illusion that everything was ok when the root problems of what we are seeing today were already
there.
edit on 27-6-2011 by jmlima because: typo