Is the EU fixed?  Over the past two years, fears grew that the EU was unrecoverable.  However, the sentiment change in late 2012 that the EU would muddle through.

Now in 2013 there is evidence that the twin bulwarks, Germany and France, are not as strong as hoped.  Both nations have economies that are flat or even declining.  Without growth from those two, what will counter-balance the weakness of Greece, Italy, and Spain?