Re: Did UK make ever something positive to make EU stronger?
"The financial rules imposed on Italy, Spain and Greece has condemned a generation."
Think it's more like: the mismanagement by their national governments (right wing ones: not collecting enough taxes from the rich; left wing ones: not providing a flexible enough labour market) condemned a generation.
I rather get the impression that without EU support these countries would have gone bust - not v good for the present and future generations either. As far as I'm aware "the financial rules" made their bailouts possible.