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The Euro does not work and does not work for 3 reasons:
i) conjectural (mismanagement) I suppose there is a consensus on this site on this. but also
ii) structural. There is no such thing as a EU as a unified cultural block. Even if the management was sound, the differences among the nations would make it a complicated endeavour and there would be discordance because there are different ways of doing things that are hard-wired culturally
iii) philosophical. I prefer a world where there is diversity of ways to deal with problems. A unified Europe (even one with "good" intentions) would be a step in the opposite direction.
So, in theory, I think this should stop. As an aside, if people do not agree with points 2 and 3, I think we do agree on point 1.
In practice:
There is a massive amount of interdependency and (e.g. in the case of Portugal) food and energy dependency. There are 3 practical options for exit:
Rock, meet hard place.
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