“A system that is failing to deliver economic wellbeing naturally comes in for greater public criticism than one that succeeds in doing so” — Interview with Stephen Fidler

Continuing our interviews with eminent commentators and experts, Eurocrisis in the Press asked Stephen Fidler, The Wall Street Journal’s Brussels bureau chief, about his views on the Euro Crisis. Fidler argues that the incomplete construction of the Eurozone is the key cause of the crisis, and that the resulting failure of Europe to generate prosperity is eroding support for the European project. He also suggests that the media coverage of the crisis was mixed, and that many European papers did not properly separate news from opinion.