Rising Regionalist Sentiment in Eurozone States

Europe's economic crisis has heightened the sense of regionalism within certain eurozone countries. In some, the crisis has exacerbated pre-existing tensions between richer and poorer regions, with certain areas demanding greater fiscal autonomy or changes to taxation policies. In other countries, the crisis has renewed old regional demands for greater political autonomy and, in some cases, independence. But despite the prevalence of regionalist rhetoric, separatist sentiment is unlikely to challenge the territorial unity of any of these states anytime soon.