I do. (Sort of.) I want the EU to become a successful federal _economic_ bloc. It already is a semi-successful federal _currency_ bloc. Some bailout institutio

I do. (Sort of.) I want the EU to become a successful federal _economic_ bloc. It already is a semi-successful federal _currency_ bloc. Some bailout institutions based on loan repayments have been created owing to this crisis. We need to go one step further and work out a system of fiscal transfers which upgrades us from a currency bloc to an economic one. We're one step away, that's all. Granted, it's a big step. I don't even mind if it happens covertly in the fine print of some labyrinthine deal because peoples' nationalism is a bogey that should be defeated by foul means as well as fair. I doubt I'm the only one. I think anybody who calls themselves European first, and their own nation second would agree with me.