.. they do 23, and an advanced economy that is responsible for a quarter of the world s economic output. in a sweep of human history europe s institutions and values, it s common goals are rightly a college to some of humankind s most important accomplishments. so, i think what we are wondering tonight, in this room in people around the world, especially people in europe, is can the considerable strength that europe enjoys allow it to survive this unprecedented crisis and maybe even emerge from the other side more united and stronger, or two of our debaters will make the case tonight, is the eurozone crisis itself an expression of a series of deep and fatal flaws buried in the core of the euro itself, the concept that animates the european union. tonight we are going to find out. we are going to try to answer these all-important questions by tackling the big geopolitical question of our time. and we are going to do that right debating emotion, european experiment has failed.