Northern Europe has always felt duped by the Mediterranean countries that came on the Euro. Basically, they cooked the books to get on the Euro. I am sure they have the "don't let the door hit you in the a** on the way out".
Then countries like Belgium and the Netherlands look at the Scandinavian countries that are not on the Euro and see they are doing well. It would not look good if the capital country left the euro. I am not saying this will happen soon, but it is not good that Belgium regrets the Euro..
“Northern Europe has always felt duped by the Mediterranean countries that came on the Euro.”
So, the businessmen bankers of Belgium, the Netherlands, Germans and their bankers, were so unsophisticated that the Italians, Greeks, and Spanish bankers and governments could trick them? Got it.
The truth is that Northern Europe brought them alone in full understanding of them, for reasons that benefited them alone. This is no surprise to the EU.
The Mediterranean countries, as part of the EU, were supposed to slowly become more like Germany. Greece is doing just the opposite!