User blog comment:Toby2/economic collapse of the EU and fascisim/@comment-4612798-20130527223747

As one of my friends (a conservative) said, the best way to rescue the Euro would be for Germany to leave it. But that's not going to happen so basically no one's economy is going to get better any time soon unless the people in charge drop the ridiculous notion that 'austerity' will solve things. As the saying goes (was it Clinton who said it?) 'its the economy stupid' and a living breathing economy, not the flat-lined corpse we have now would probably go a long way to dampen down fears of immigration and lessen the support of these far-right parties. I doubt the EU will collapse - Croatia is just about to join it - but it might change shape.