_ During the last days of the Third Reich Hitler’s staff loyally followed him because they thought he had a secret weapon. The worse things got, the more likely they thought he was to deploy it. They had only to trust the Fuhrer and he would get them through the war.

This is eerily parallel to the feelings of many in the EU right now. They have a faith in Sarkozy and Merkel to pull them through the Euro Crisis.They are not quite sure how it would work, but they just know the leaders won’t let things get worse.

It could be that the leaders won’t know what to do to get through the crisis and will let the EU fall apart just as Hitler couldn’t stop Germany from being conquered.