Wolfgang Streeck’s last book about the European crisis motivated an article by the philosopher Jürgen Habermas in which he establishes a critical dialogue with his thesis. Habermas coincides with the critiques of Streek about the current European elitist model, but differs with his «pessimism» in relation to the very possibility of achieving another, more democratic and autonomous European Union in the face of pressure from the markets. While Streeck proposes the democratization of the Nation State markets, Habermas believes that a return to the nation would be an inadequate and nostalgic response to the current crisis and bets on a European political union on other terms.