I don't think Spain will need any kind of external support.

In the end, the British didn't vote to leave because of the euro. They're not even members of the currency union. Even the refugee crisis hardly affected the country.

I'm not suffering from withdrawal symptoms. I would say that I have a balanced state of mind.

I am for it - not to make a threat, but to make clear that decisions that have been made are applicable law, even if you have voted against it. At issue here is European solidarity, which cannot be a one-way street. The traffic has to move in both directions.

Article 50 governs the exit from the European Union and here there can also be no renegotiation.

The problem is: When two governments or institutions in Europe hold differing opinions, it is immediately a crisis.

Many in Germany are saying that Macron should be helped. That's also how I see it. But Germany cannot solve France's problems. The French president and his government will have to seriously knuckle down in order to pull France out of its slump.