It seems increasingly the European leaders themselves (absent the self-referential peripheral political paeons) are getting the joke in Europe. Following Buba's Weidmann's rational comments this morning (via Bloomberg): *WEIDMANN SAYS CAN'T SOLVE EURO CRISIS WITH EVER BIGGER FUNDS *WEIDMANN BANK FINANCING (Bailout - kicking the can) COULD WORSEN WITH EURO CRISIS Now, Poland's deputy finance minister is pulling back dramatically from their desire to enter the European union: *POLAND PLANS `OPPOSITE OF ACCELERATION' IN EURO DRIVE: DOMINIK *POLAND SAYS EURO-AREA STABILITY IS NEW CRITERION FOR EURO ENTRY It seems there ... (full story)