Some things in life you cannot overcome …

and being German is one.

‘Merkel says euro members must be prepared to cede sovereignty’

“(Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that euro zone members must be prepared to cede control over certain policy domains to European institutions if the bloc is truly to overcome its debt crisis and win back foreign investors.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/22/eurozone-merkel-idUSL5N0D92AS20130422

"’We don't always need to give up national practices but we need to be compatible,’ Merkel said. ‘It is chaos right now.’

"’We need to be prepared to break with the past in order to leap forward.’"

(Europe needs order. Europe needs discipline. Europe needs the leadership only one people is capable of providing, that only one people has experience in demanding.

(Our recent exchange student said, “No one trusts the Germans.”)