Summary: The inside story of the Euro crisis. Allan Little examines the key decisions which brought the EU to the current crisis, focussing on the last 18 months. Countries like Greece and Italy have had both prime ministers and austerity measures imposed upon them by an executive in Brussels that voters did not directly elect. Other member states like Finland are seeing the rise of nationalist movements which are resisting increased control from Brussels. Some even believe that this crisis was engineered as a means of deepening the grip of the European institutions. Opinion polls in Turkey show the lowest support for EU membership ever. Even Germany - one of Europe's greatest advocates and beneficiaries - is expanding its exports to non-traditional markets like China. What will the EU look like in 10 years time?
