Timothy Garton Ash: Europe is being torn apart — but the torture will be slow

“Even if the whole eurozone becomes one giant German-style Exportweltmeister, who will be the consumer? Some of the demand must come from inside the eurozone, and especially from richer countries such as Germany. If everyone else is to behave more like Germany, then Germany must behave a bit less like Germany. But Germany is not prepared to do that.”

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/08/europe-monetary-union-fiscal-political-anger-south