The overwhelming counterpoint that I'm making is that it's not a disaster and hasn't been one, now for 25 years. It's been an overwhelming success by any measure.
Since the financial crisis the US economy has kept on trucking, while the EU has stagnated. This isn’t all because of the euro, but it’s definitely a disaster and I think it is reasonable to hold the euro at least partially responsible.
Take a long term view the US has done a lot better in the period it has had a common currency than the EU has done in the period it has had a common currency.
Even in recent decades the US has done much better economically than the EU.
Because the US is structured in a way that makes a common currency workable. It has direct federal taxes, and a very large federal budget. The EU budget is a tiny fraction of total EU public spending.
There is a huge difference between EU states and US states.
Where's the evidence of disaster?