European breakdown

Angela Merkel is walling up Germany, Nicolas Sarkozy is rounding up the Mediterraneans, and the EU doesn’t know where it’s headed anymore. Behind the euro crisis and the ongoing row over how to handle it, the mutual trust and the will to work together are ebbing before our very eyes, observes Die Presse.

Article is the first in a new series from PressEurop called 'Where is the Union Headed?' translating articles from the leading European newspapers.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Berlin makes shock move without allies http://www.europeansources.info/record/berlin-makes-shock-move-without-allies/

ESO: Background information: Europe has been damaged by internal wrangling http://www.europeansources.info/record/europe-has-been-damaged-by-internal-wrangling/

EurActiv, 21.5.10: Greek crisis brings ‘village politics’ to EU http://www.euractiv.com/priorities/greek-crisis-brings-village-poli-news-494452

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