The independent expert was also informed about the disturbing incidents of desecration of up to 700 graves in the so called Italian cemetery in Mogadishu.

Indeed, only one right wing European politician, Francesco Speroni of the Italian Northern League, which is part of Silvio Berlusconi s government, was prepared to defend Breivik.

Any risk premium that the Italian government might still have to pay would no longer go to foreigners, but to Italian savers, whose incomes would increase a net gain for the country.

Europe s political class needs to find the courage to take the next steps toward a closer union. The small price that nation states will have to pay is negligible compared to the likely consequences of inaction.

Meanwhile, Britain s anti European United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) performed poorly in the general election earlier this month, and then promptly fractured. Germany s right wing populist Alternative for Germany is also splintering and disintegrating.