4 reasons the recent EU summit agreement will fail
August 2, 2011 2 Comments
I was planted firmly on a beach chair on holiday during the EU summit on July 21st and was worried I might be missing a piece of European history-in-the-making. As it turns out, I didn’t miss much at all. Upon my return a few days later, analysts were just as confused about the outcome of the EU summit as they had been immediately following its conclusion. Digging into the details of what was agreed at the EU summit, there are four main problems that will preclude the agreement from drawing a line under this crisis.