Euro candidates should have a say on crisis

The finance ministers of the Eurozone meet today in the Polish city of Wrocław to discuss solutions to the debt crisis. In the run-up to the summit several East European euro candidates have voiced criticism of the fact that they are being given no say in the efforts to resolve the crisis. The left-liberal daily Süddeutsche Zeitung sympathises with their stance: "Since the Eurozone countries decided at their special summer summit in July to integrate more and left no room for doubt that they were serious about it, no one is joking around any more. The euro candidates are beginning to realise that switching to the euro, whether it happens sooner or later, entails showing solidarity with the other members. And that means jumping in to help out supposedly rich countries if necessary. However it's also just as clear that there is no going back now without damaging the common currency. Euro countries and euro candidates are all sitting in the same boat and need to steer it together."

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