Another of the EU’s greatest acts of make-believe was that it could weld all Europe indissolubly together in the straitjacket of a single currency. This was a purely political dream, never in any way rooted in economic reality. The desperate Greeks, their lives and economy reduced to ruins, finally voted for a government that has pledged to put an end to all their misery; but at the same time somehow to cling on to the safety belt of the very thing which had caused it. As with Ukraine, the leaders of the EU are determined to preserve their fantasy intact, even though it is now more obviously than ever colliding with a reality that can allow no sensible outcome.