The "Elephant in the Room" here is the neo-liberal structure that underpins the EU. This is a cancer that will destroy the EU unless neo-liberal isms are taken down. Delors et al deliberately set out for a neoliberal entity, but it has revealed itself as the single most toxic policy ever considered for any economy; "The worst idea America ever had" according to Umair Haque is Austerity, an integral part of neo liberalism. All vestiges of Austerity must be expunged urgently.



That doesn't stop other dysfunctions, such as the loss of Monetary Sovereignty for Euro nations, denying them control over their own economies and the tools used to manage trouble such as devaluations. The infamous Troika is a punitive force with no saving graces. The IMF is at last recognising the damage it has caused but has not remedied it.



The EU is on borrowed time. Force will not save it, it will just add to the wreck. There is a way out but the whole structure has to be renegotiated. The EU is no way a homogenous entity like existing nations with states, like the USA, Canada and Australia. A big handicap that is gaining strength and set for break up.