If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Austrian Consul General Thomas Schnöll assesses the effects of the monetary union's biggest monetary crisis since its 1999 formation and the future consequences of current debt crises. The outcome will determine the EU's role on the world stage. Schnöll is a career diplomat, and his previous postings include the Austrian Embassy in Paris, the Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU in Brussels, where he was responsible for the Western Balkans, and Head of Unit for the Western Balkans at the Foreign Ministry in Vienna. The World Beyond the Headlines is a project of the Center for International Studies, which brings scholars, journalists, and world leaders to the University to discuss issues of current global importance. For more information on this event, visit cis.uchicago.edu/events/2011-2012/120125-schnoell-future-of-the-eurozone. Information on the entire The World Beyond the Headlines series can be found at cis.uchicago.edu/wbh. This program was organized by the University of Chicago Center for International Studies. January 25, 2012