Europe is no longer

Three main factors determine public policy today, the European countries - non-payment crisis, the war in Libya, and the consequences of the disaster in Japan. They all have in common: refracted in the public mind, not just reduce, but just finishing off a sense of security, which in the past 60 years has had time to get used to Europe.

Coping with the impact of the global crisis initially more concerned banks and corporations. European governments are struggling with rising unemployment, inflated money finance, and the crisis began to recede, leaving, however, the problem of stabilizing the budget. Trying to solve it by raising taxes and spending cuts - primarily for social purposes. It is, above all, to raise the retirement age or reducing allowances and scholarships. All of this is seen as ' attack on workers' rights ' and leads to an increase in protest activity.

A certain role is played here by the fact that for many years, Europe is not just welcomed but actively supported the mass protests in other countries. No one is embarrassed, that ultimately, this support is actually authorized the change of power in the former Yugoslavia, the coups in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan, a protracted constitutional crisis in Moldova. This year, with the full moral support of the European countries ' street ' ousted from power the leaders of Tunisia and Egypt, civil war broke out in Libya. There is something to remember, and Europe itself: in 2004. after a series of terrorist attacks in Madrid, ' street ' sacked the government and Aznar made ​​Spain's exit from the anti-Iraq coalition.

Today, European governments were in a trap placed by them: their citizens not only to declare their will in elections, but also just that, go to rallies. In France - against the pension reform in Britain - against rising tuition fees. Even more dangerous is the trend of politicization of social protest, as was the case in Greece.

A growing sense of social insecurity, in turn, provokes a strong reaction to the threat of a different nature. An example of this effect have swept across Europe after the earthquake in Japan demonstrations demanding an end to the construction and operation of nuclear power plants.

All these processes lead to the imbalance of European societies and their radicalization. In each country it happens in its own way. In Greece, where the strong influence of left-wing ideas, a year ago, raved about the revolution, and there is reason to expect that the May Day slogans of ' Down with capitalism! ... In several European countries on the agenda of domestic politics seriously affected by the problem of migrants. Suffice it to recall how the riots in the Parisian suburbs led to victory in the election of the current French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

In France and Great Britain, in addition, dissatisfaction with social reforms provokes a natural question - ' If you do not have money for pensions and scholarships, why are you spending it on war with Libya? '. French Prime Minister Francois Fillon, speaking of the intolerable political climate in the country, warned of a possible victory at the next election, leftist or nationalist. These fears are confirmed by opinion polls and the results of regional elections (in France and Germany in March, the ruling party lost the local elections the Socialists ).

Definite impression on the citizens and leaders of European countries made ​​to the British MI-5, under which is close to Gaddafi's business is ready to begin financing Islamist groups, preparing terrorist acts on the territory of the States participating in the operation against the regime of Gaddafi. In light of this threat, the last event - the riots were organized refugees in Lampedusa and the destruction of the UN mission in Kandahar - are regarded as a prologue to the possible consolidation of the Islamic world against the West. So no surprise that reports from Lampedusa and escorted out of Kandahar, saying: ' Look. This is the future of Europe '.

So qualitatively different factors - the economic crisis and social protests, Libya and the ' Fukushima ', the issue of migrants and the threat of terrorism - come into resonance, forming an alarming trend and destroying conventional notions of a peaceful and prosperous Europe.








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