During his inaugural procession, newly-elected President François Hollande of France was soaked by a sudden thunderstorm in an open-topped limousine. Later on his jet was struck by lightning when he was on his way to In other news, Moody’s ratings agency downgraded the debt of 26 Italian banks. The trade association for Italian banks considers this move an “aggression” against the Italian people.
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This is exactly what the founding fathers of the ECSC/EU planned for - to get ever tighter integration through the management of crises. What they left out of their Panglossian calculation was the reactions of the populace(s) to their handling of the crises.
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