Originally.
Thought that Portugal could stabilize the situation.
Who knew.
It seems ineffective, and things are instead spiraling further out of control, running wildly ahead, without looking back. They don’t know what to say anymore.
Speechless for a long time.
Speaking of.
What’s wrong with this world? Why does the situation keep going out of control? It’s as if their governing experience has vanished. Whatever they do, it fails.
Frustrating!
Unlucky!
If things continue like this, we’ll meet an early demise!
...
Matters.
Will eventually have to be solved.
"What to do? We can’t just watch like this."
"Troublemakers."
"Ignorant."
"No sense of the bigger picture, the Euro is in its current predicament because of these people."
"..."
"Perhaps, just like Portugal, fake a withdrawal, anyway, it wouldn’t make much difference," amid venting, one person raised their hand and suggested.
"..."
Everyone’s hearts filled with complaints.
Damn!
What kind of crap idea is this? Doing it again, who knows if the next target will be set upon. They’ve lost faith in the public.
These people.
When creating problems, they are unafraid of escalating things.
Incompetent in achieving success.
Plenty in causing failure.
"No way, Italy is not the same as Portugal. If it withdraws, it would greatly impact the Euro, definitely can’t take such a foolish plan."
"That’s right."
"Agree."
"Italy cannot withdraw, even if it’s fake."
"..."
Ultimately.
A consensus was reached, without compromise.
Otherwise.
Step by step, digging pit after pit that can’t be filled. In the end, where will the Eurozone go? Among the founding members, eleven, and if three leave.
Eight.
Even if fake, it would cause extremely serious consequences, and there’s already a lot of media thinking the Euro should bow out from the historical stage.
At this crucial moment.
There can’t be any more turmoil.
Furthermore.
Some even feel that perhaps the Euro truly cannot fulfill its mission to integrate European power? Otherwise, there wouldn’t be repeated expansion failures.
Founding eleven.
It’s been ten years now.
Yet there hasn’t been an increase, one has decreased instead. Is it bad luck, or does the Euro truly have fatal flaws? Otherwise, historical trends are unstoppable.
Now.
The Euro’s territory is not only blocked, but also slapped back a few steps.
...
That day.
Eurozone countries’ authorities delivered major speeches, providing a detailed analysis of the current situation, stating that everyone in Europe needs to calm down.
Can’t let emotions.
Create chaos in the European Union.
With goodwill.
Friendliness.
Treat allies with tolerance, not dismissing their value over minor issues. Logically, such sincere speeches should be somewhat effective.
However.
Ineffective.
This year, they’ve heard too much of this kind of talk. If a few words could calm them down, there wouldn’t have been the previous Greece and Portugal incidents.
So.
Continue to be stubborn.
...
Suddenly.
Many felt awkward.
Damn.
Why is everyone so stubborn? Do they genuinely not want to live properly? Thinking of this, the presidents of France and Germany both wanted to directly give up.
The work is too difficult.
Internal.
External.
The past year has been nothing but turmoil, leaving them exhausted. Logically, some public opinions are not important, the choice is theirs.
However.
If they don’t care.
Firstly.
Public opinion would criticize.
Secondly.
Countries won’t care much, they’ll report honestly, showing other countries the chaos within the Eurozone, with the risk of disintegration.
Thirdly.
Capitalists will also receive a bad forecast.
Therefore.
Even if protests cannot decide the Eurozone’s continuation, in the long run, reality will bruise and batter them. It won’t kill, but it will hurt a lot.
Image.
Confidence.
Both will suffer heavy blows. Now, they face a dilemma. As for turning to European consortiums for help, it seems not very useful.
Currently.
Within European consortiums.
They’re no longer united.
Consortiums from Eurozone and non-Eurozone countries have developed some differences on the Euro issue, some have chosen to wait and see.
In short.
Everything is a mess, the situation is extremely complex.
...
At this moment.
Several European consortiums couldn’t help but feel odd. It seems the Eurozone’s situation is completely out of control. New conditions keep emerging.
However.
They haven’t found anything unusual.
After all.
With so many involved, if someone were stirring up waves beneath the deeper waters, they couldn’t fail to notice. This is their old haunt.
Very confident.
Ultimately.
Can only be attributed to accidents, as for going up to help, most do not have that intention. Not pushing them underwater is good enough, still expect help?
Not all consortiums are in the Eurozone, the European Union has twenty-seven countries, Eurozone only ten.
Attitude towards it.
Opinions vary.
On the contrary.
There’s a sense of enjoying the spectacle, and it’s quite lively.
...
This world does not lack intelligent people.
Germany.
Capital.
A twelve-story building in a decent location, with a sign outside that reads ’Thyssen Economic Research Center’, the name suggests it’s part of the Thyssen Financial Group.
One of Germany’s largest consortiums.
Almost every consortium has a think tank. From tens to hundreds, these are direct, and there are even more external, all domain experts.
Top floor.
The head Eber looks at the wall covered in many sticky notes and lines.
"Something’s off."
"Yet I can’t find the problem."
"Strange."
"..."
His research direction is naturally on the economy, providing economic analysis for the consortium. He’s been investigating how the Eurozone reached today’s situation.
Found nothing.
Everything is normal.
But.
He has a persistent feeling that something’s wrong, yet can’t find any sign of abnormality. Every event has its origins. Every twist and turn makes sense.
Of course.
It’s from the perspective of hindsight, because what’s happened is already a given. An economist’s job is to explain, not question the facts.
"Okay."
"For now, let’s not focus on the facts, but assume someone is pushing all of this for some purpose."
"Then."
"..."
Eber suddenly shuddered, his eyes fixed on the complex lines and sticky notes on the wall, as if these pieces of information had come alive, leaping in his mind.
Forming one ’logical’ chain after another.
This logical chain.
Is not from hindsight.
Instead, it’s guided by purpose from the outset to plan actions. Thus, he discovered a series of events could be linked.
His eyes grew brighter and brighter.
Finally.
"Hiss!"
Eber took a sharp breath.
Then.
Plopped back down in his chair.
"Impossible."
"This is simply impossible."
"In this world."
"No force can achieve such a thing, so many legislators, so many different layers of various countries, plus consortiums from the United States, just to support the Asia Dollar’s rise?"
"This."
"How could it be."
He couldn’t believe it.
His mind was in turmoil, because there was no premise to support this logic, the previous inference was all built upon the assumption of a goal.