As people soon will realize, the Italian bond auction is not a success, as rates again trade above 7% and very close to record levels, let’s take a look back at what actually happened to Europe. What caused the mess, and who are the people trying to get us out of this mess. Europe is geting more “de united” by the day, or do you want to pay for the stupidity?From WSJ;

Greece, the country that triggered the euro-zone debt crisis, would need a much bigger bailout than planned, Mr. Strauss-Kahn said. Unless Europe coughed up extra cash, the IMF, which a year earlier had agreed to share the burden with European countries, wouldn’t release any more aid for Athens.

The warning prompted a split among the euro zone’s representatives over who should pay to save Greece from the biggest sovereign bankruptcy in history. European taxpayers alone? Or should the banks that had lent Greece too much during the global credit bubble also suffer?

The IMF didn’t mind how Europe proceeded, as long as there was clarity by summer. “We need a decision,” said Mr. Strauss-Kahn.

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