A popular proverb in Madrid goes as follows: “De Madrid al cielo y un agujerito para verlo.” My pronunciation is poor, but this certainly doesn’t mean that the saying doesn’t resonate with me – after all, this is already my second visit to Madrid in four months.
And on both occasions, I actually had a choice in the matter, which is not always the case. In a way, the proverb also captures nicely what I’m attempting to do today – to come to Madrid in order, well, not to ascend to heaven, but to take a bird’s eye view of the situation the euro area is facing.