Meanwhile, adding to the sense of crisis within the EU, economic woes in Germany mean that there’s another vote to watch – in North Rhine-Westphalia, the largest of the country’s Laender, on Sunday, May 22nd. Currently, NRW is run by a ‘Red-Green’ coalition between Chancellor Schroeder’s SPD and the Greens, but it seems likely that this will be thrown out of office. If that happens expect Schroeder to tack sharply – and dramatically – to the left…

If you’re in a hole…