Europe in 2013: A year of decision

"And since the core promise of the European Union was prosperity, the failure to deliver that prosperity -- and the delivery of poverty instead, unevenly distributed -- is not sustainable."

What prosperity? Just ask the Greeks, Spaniards, Portuguese, Italiens and probably Slovenians too.

Just remove Spain, Greece and possible Cyprus from EU and problem solved ... everyone will live much better!

"the U.S. unemployment rate, which stands at about 7.7 percent. There are five EU countries significantly below that rate (Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, Netherlands and Malta). There are seven countries with unemployment around the U.S. rate (Romania, Czech Republic, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the United Kingdom and Sweden)." But according to sj, 1 in 5 in the UK (20%) are unemployed. I guess he/ she is wrong again.

"And since the core promise of the European Union was prosperity, the failure to deliver that prosperity -- and the delivery of poverty instead, unevenly distributed -- is not sustainable."

What prosperity? Just ask the Greeks, Spaniards, Portuguese, Italiens and probably Slovenians too.

Just remove Spain, Greece and possible Cyprus from EU and problem solved ... everyone will live much better!

"the U.S. unemployment rate, which stands at about 7.7 percent. There are five EU countries significantly below that rate (Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, Netherlands and Malta). There are seven countries with unemployment around the U.S. rate (Romania, Czech Republic, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the United Kingdom and Sweden)." But according to sj, 1 in 5 in the UK (20%) are unemployed. I guess he/ she is wrong again.