Quest: Europe is spinning plates

I have often thought of European officials as the proverbial "plate spinners" from the circus. Those talented artists who balance spinning plates on sticks, ever increasing the number of sticks, rushing from one to the other, giving them a tug and pull to keep them moving, always aware that if they are too slow or too fast, one of the plates will crash to the ground.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/22/business/quest-europe-spinning-plates/index.html?eref=edition

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