HH, what I don't understand is how one can commit to something that was never spelled out but devised and revised behind closed doors. That may suit the "Continental System" way of thinking but is hardly conducive to inspiring democratic confidence, and will only work as long as it works. Every time there is a major woopsie like the Ukraine, like Greek default, the fault lines become only too apparent. Eventually they'll run out of filler...
As for 65 years of forecasting the imminent collapse of something that wasn't around then, how does that work?