The problem is that Europeans today feel as though they are under the US's economic bootheel. They see their leaders pushing austerity policies at the behest of

The problem is that Europeans today feel as though they are under the US's economic bootheel. They see their leaders pushing austerity policies at the behest of US headquartered financial firms and they see their markets opened to the US and perceive that US markets are obstacle laden so far as their access is concerned. These perceptions may be entirely factitious; but they are substantive in that they are shaping the political discourse sub rosa across the EU.