But much of what was said in and around the meetings reflected a deep lack of solidarity. One very senior government official of a northern European country did not even put down his fork when interrupted by an earnest dinner companion who pointed out that many Spaniards now eat out of garbage cans.
批评家们再三指出基本矛盾并没有得到解决，如果欧元要在长期内生存下来，就得有一个财政和银行联盟，这就需要构建更多超出大部分欧洲人意愿的政治联合。无奈在会议内外所讨论的一切都反映出欧洲其实深刻地缺乏团结。当被一起用餐的同伴发言打断其晚餐的时候，来自某北欧国家的一位高级政府官员甚至没有放下他的叉子，这位同伴指出现在很多西班牙人正在从垃圾桶里寻食。对此这位官员答曰，这些人早该改革，接着又继续大嚼他的牛排。