The charts do back the text and deliver a quick snapshot of the two groups should countries be so lumped into each group.
It is questionable if this should be done as individual assessments clearly provide widely disparate initial and final standpoints.
Nonetheless, assuming there is financial, economic, cultural and climatic parenthood between countries as grouped then their performance is only a reflection of what was known all along. Right from the Euro's inception to this day. Only made worse.
Still, can an eminently industrial economy as Italy's - a longtime member of the G7 - be bagged with Greece?
That said, there is and there has always been a North-South divide of sorts in Europe. There is one worldwide too as indeed within most countries even.
The creation of the single currency was about achieving gradual economic convergence among diverse participating nations. Over a long timespan certainly.
On balance it may now be said that the opposite came true.
The most disturbing chart of all is on industrial production - wealth-driver, showing a 15% drop in the South compared to a near 10% rise in the North over 10 years.
If the Euro is to succeed and survive through another decade countries north and south of the divide have to strive harder for sound economic growth.
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