&gt; We need a way for countries that don&#x27;t want to be in, to get out.<p>Can you imagine a US state doing that? I don&#x27;t think unions are reversible at this state in history. The national state is not exactly living a revival. This is majorly a financial crisis.<p>&gt; This has left our national governments with a nice scapegoat, great for populists, nationalists and fringe politicians to use for their purposes<p>That is a very good observation. It&#x27;s the reason Greece is suffering at the moment. But leaving the EU at this point would be even worse.