[Skybird]

A nation can ask for club membership, this right it has, naturally. But it has no right to expect that the answer necessarily must be what it wants to hear: "Yes". The club has also a right: the right to say "No".



Same is true for EU membership, btw. Other nations (European nations , not Northafrican or Middle East nations, these days one must reiterate this since some EU theoreticists seriously consider these options!) can ask for membership, but they have no claim for that, nor for that even just a formal process gets started.



And I think especially the EU and last but not least the Eurozone has already bitten off far more than it can ever chew. That the EU wants to link EU membership with ECB membership does not make it any better.