Heather Horn reads the European debate over the currency crisis and sees evidence that it's actually pushing the continent toward political union:
Is supranationalism the solution to the problem of markets dominating politics, dominating society? That, then, is the broader, and potentially much more interesting, question coming out of this European debate. Social theorists, of course, have been wrangling with the fundamental problem for over a century now: what do you do when the market becomes more powerful than the society and political system (think property rights and so forth) from which it springs? The idea seems only to be half-formed at present, but the notion of supranational solidarity as a possible way out is one that should intrigue Europeans and non-Europeans, academics and laymen, alike.
Simon Nixon thinks France has the power, and possibly the will, to make this "half-formed vision" a political reality.
(Photo: General view of the audience as French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech on the European debt crisis on December 01, 2011 in Toulon, southeastern France. Sarkozy said he was convinced that the European Central Bank, which 'is and will remain independent', will act to counter the threat of the eurozone crisis. By Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images.)
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