The most scandalous German politician, the author of a sensational super-bestseller with the self-explanatory title “Germany: Self-Liquidation”, Thilo Sarrazin, who was practically expelled from his post on the board of directors of the German Federal Bank for publishing his intolerant views, asks in his new book questions that are relevant to Europe. Will he survive? Is the European Union a coming international economic crisis? And will one of the main achievements of a united Europe - a single currency - survive it? Why are Germany and other developed countries of Western Europe now forced, to their detriment, to support the weak, inefficient economies of their “poor relatives” in the European Union, and also to keep the euro exchange rate within limits? Was there even this single currency, and this European Union, which united countries that were different not only in culture and national characteristics, but above all in terms of economic development?