Adjustment to Rhythm

William Golding in Lord of the Flies (1954) writes: "[...] the northern European tradition of work, play and food right through the day, made it impossible for them to adjust themselves wholly to this new rhythm."

Eurozone Shocker

All members of the European Union violated their own rules: not to exceed debt of 60% of the GDP and 3% deficit. Even Germany cannot put on an innocent face....(source: bbc.co.uk)

EU to Bail out East European Countries?

Time Magazine in March 2009 incidentally reported in a few lines that the European Union dismissed a request of bailing out nine East European countries, which claimed to be hit too hard by recession in order to cope. They would need $240 billion. Hungary led this initiative, insisting that Europe soon would have a "New Iron Curtain" because of the unequal economic stands. Hopefully, the European Union with the strongest nations Germany, France and Great Britain at its centre will not become the cow that all countries in Europe can milk when they are hungry! (Source image: howstuffworks.com)

Quotation from "The Gambler"

Fyodor Dostoyevsky writes in his story The Gambler (1866): "He (Mr Astley) also says that we Russians know nothing, can do nothing, without European help." (Chapter XV)