Opinion: Is the downfall of the EU actually approaching?

European governments must own up to their own fiscal failures and place consolidation back into focus, according to DW's Christoph Hasselbach.

• Primary Source

Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 24.5.10: Come together http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_22/b4180005438661.htm

Spiegel Online International, 2.6.10: Our Leaders Are Responsible for Europe's Crisis http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,698343,00.html

ESO: Background information: European breakdown http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-breakdown/

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