Since the introduction of the single currency, the differences in competitiveness and economic performance have grown. These differences are partly responsible for the crisis. And we haven’t reacted sufficiently. It’s a lack of collective vigilance, but also of solidarity, because warning a neighbour that their internal imbalances risk doing them no good, that’s what solidarity is.
In the same way, governments can be inspired by reforms which have proven successful in other countries: why not benefit from that collective richness? Have the Member States, notably France, gone far enough in respect of structural reforms? The efforts undertaken are going in the right direction, but it’s no easy task.