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Europe is at a turning point. Timid EU elites should take lessons from The Leopard (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 5 days ago by ddd@feddit.org to c/europe@feddit.org
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[–] ddd@feddit.org 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I found this quite interesting although the opinion piece doesn’t really say much. I think I can agree that we Europeans, and I’m starting with myself here, have been content with voting every four years and otherwise not thinking about or discussing how to stop this slow decline. But our politicians aren’t delivering. I mean, look at the lack of political imagination we’re getting here in Germany, all these small cuts to slowly make life worse bit by bit instead of serious policy to revive the continent at large.

In my opinion we need greater cooperation with each other if we want to have a chance of success in a world dominated to a larger degree by other players. At least we need to have these conversations.

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm a little bit confused by this, "For decades its share of global GDP has been shrinking and its geopolitical influence eroding." Isn't this another way of saying that many poor countries have managed to get out of poverty and gain their independence? A good thing.
We should keep our ideals of democracy and rule of law, but is that in conflict with the world getting richer generally? Do we need to be above everyone else to protect our values?

[–] ddd@feddit.org 1 points 5 days ago

Isn’t this another way of saying that many poor countries have managed to get out of poverty and gain their independence?

Not necessarily, but I couldn't say without knowing the numbers. It depends on where those parts of the total have gone to, right? Some has gone to China, for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if a lot has also gone to the US.