Europe is now at a point where it could do something similar on a continental scale.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

Answering these questions seems more pertinent than applying journalistic amateur psychology on a continental scale and asking Africans to be confident again.

ECONOMIST: Letters

Greece's debts so outweigh its economy that it would need a further rescue before entering any mutualisation scheme though the sum involved is small on a continental scale.

ECONOMIST: The future of the European Union