“We can only achieve a political union if we have a crisis,” Mr. Schäuble said.

Proof positive that the present EU crisis has been deliberately created to force European Union through under German control. The sentence concludes an article in the New York Times, linked here. I repeat it herewith so the full horrific impact cannot possibly be missed:

"He sees the turmoil as not an obstacle but a necessity. “We can only achieve a political union if we have a crisis,” Mr. Schäuble said."

A version of this article appeared in print on November 19, 2011, on page A6 of the New York edition with the headline: Seeing in Crisis the Last Best Chance to Unite Europe