And just who are they?

Who are the people who control the markets?
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What you will never, under any circumstances, see a publication like The Economist do is ask the obvious question.
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Who, exactly, are these omniscient and all-powerful Markets?
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Anyone who has done any investigation into the subject of publicly traded equities and publicly issued bonds and securities will know that the ownership of such instruments is hardly democratized.
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When we are talking about enormous private banks and their privately owned central banks dominating government-issued bond markets.
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Is it not a wee bit irresponsible of us not to inquire about the relationship of our Dear Leaders to the chief bond holding interests.
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In matters of peace and war? 
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Perhaps Merkozy have a cozier relationship with the key representatives of these elusive "Markets" than publications such as this would have us discover. 
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That might explain the odd early endorsement and strange cross-border campaigning. 
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After all, the Economist is the official rapporteur at the Bilderberg meetings: perhaps they could shed some insight on this topic?