Namely they like to print money So does the EU though. This doesn't seem like an especially great plus point for the Euro, given the QE (money printing) on a t

Namely they like to print money So does the EU though. This doesn't seem like an especially great plus point for the Euro, given the QE (money printing) on a truly vast scale carried out by Mario "whatever it takes to save the euro" Draghi and likely to be continued by his successor. Basically the eurozone stays unified by having local governments borrow money from the ECB, which is willing to engage in apparently unlimited bond purchases to ensure yields stay low and pro-EU governments stay in power. This amounts to massive wealth transfers from (primarily) Germany to the rest of the eurozone for purely political reasons. Germany is willing to tolerate this because of its past: German national pride has been transferred nearly wholesale to the EU's desired future nation of "Europe". Would African nations tolerate the same? Seems very dubious.