Germany's economising craze destroying Europe

If each EU summit leads to more austerity measures Southern Europe in particular will plunge into recession and Euroscepticism will increase, the conservative daily Kathimerini warns: "Germany-style disciplining doesn't appear to be the right weapon to protect European nations from poverty and insecurity. At the most recent summit the key words growth, solidarity and convergence weren't even mentioned - not even as goals. ... We see that democracy and the historical vision of a community are gradually disappearing from Europe. Euroscepticism will be the next step: what suffering nation will be willing to support a vague historical project rather than the urgent need to put food on the table and keep one's home warm? The anti-European mood will fall on fertile ground. ... But in the 21st century the Europeans can only rescue the great achievements of democracy and the social welfare state through unity and solidarity."

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