European news has been roughly the same for three years. An agreement is reached between a group of bland looking national leaders, and then one of them disappears from the scene. There’s been an election or a series of protests that led to a resignation, nevermind the reason why. When the cast changes, the old agreement is tossed aside and negotiations begin again.
Why can’t Europe get its act together? Why is it so dependent on personalities?
That gets us to the chief personality of them all, German Chancellor Angela Merkel. She has been the one who, with her conservative Christian Democratic Party, has insisted on “austerity”, the tightening of budgets and paying of bills even as the economy crashes. And now Merkel stands completely alone. Does this mark the end of austerity for Europe?
Barataria - The work of Erik Hare 