Ingen gør sig - eller man foregiver måske ikke at gøre sig - klart, at denne forhærdede regionalisme, der bygger på socio-økonomisk egoisme, kan udløse alle former for forargelig regionalisme i Europa.
No-one realizes - or perhaps they just pretend not to understand - the extent to which this exaggerated regionalism, based on socio-economic self-interest, may have the devastating effect of triggering all kinds of regionalist irredentism in Europe.