Europe - strong in the crisis

At the summit of the EU heads of state and government there were growing signs of a consensus among the 27 EU states on the rescue plan approved by the 15 Eurozone countries last Sunday. According to the daily newspaper Le Quotidien this has made the European Union into a truly unified whole. "A few months ago the European idea suffered after the second 'no' to the Treaty of Lisbon. ... Not a few European citizens were convinced that Europe was no good for anything and that it just generated a load of extra regulations. ... But all these discussions seem like a long-forgotten quarrel now, because a crisis situation has ushered in the true birth of the Union. Now that European solidarity exists everyone is rushing to take the credit - above all Nicolas Sarkozy. But it's not so important to know who has brought Europe to speak with one voice. What really counts is that this crisis has finally created a true Europe. This is a step forward that the EU now wants to share with its 27 member states."

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