Lidstaten spijt van machtsoverdracht Brussel

In the last three years, euro-zone governments have ceded enormous economic powers to the European Commission in Brussels. Their desperate efforts to resolve the bloc's financial crisis have entailed hurried transfers of national sovereignty on a scale that has few precedents.

Now, with the immediate storm having passed, some governments are beginning to realize the consequences of their actions. Having bought the mostly German prescription for dealing with the crisis, they are now suffering buyers' remorse.