Joschka Fischer on the threat of Europe's re-nationalisation

The financial crisis in Europe can't be resolved without also tackling the political crisis within the EU, writes former German foreign minister Joschka Fischer in the Slovenian daily Delo, warning of a re-nationalisation of the continent: "As long as the EU's life-threatening political crisis continues, its financial crisis will continue to destabilize it. At the heart of resolving the crisis lies the certainty that the euro - and with it the EU as a whole - will not survive without greater European political unification. If Europeans want to keep the euro, we must forge ahead with political union now; otherwise, like it or not, the euro and European integration will be undone. Europe would then lose nearly everything it has gained over a half-century from transcending nationalism. In the light of the emerging new world order, this would be a tragedy for Europeans."

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