A view of the Place de la Republique as protesters wearing yellow vests gather during a national day of protest by the "yellow vests" movement in Paris, France, December 8, 2018. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
The Guardian: Europe 'coming apart before our eyes', say 30 top intellectuals
Group of historians and writers publish manifesto warning against rise of populism.
Liberal values in Europe face a challenge “not seen since the 1930s”, leading intellectuals from 21 countries have said, as the UK lurches towards Brexit and nationalists look set to make sweeping gains in EU parliamentary elections.
The group of 30 writers, historians and Nobel laureates declared in a manifesto published in several newspapers, including the Guardian, that Europe as an idea was “coming apart before our eyes”.
“We must now will Europe or perish beneath the waves of populism,” the document reads. “We must rediscover political voluntarism or accept that resentment, hatred and their cortege of sad passions will surround and submerge us.”
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WNU Editor: Brexit. Protests throughout France on every Saturday. Greece's debt crisis now in year eight. Eastern Europe refusing to abide by EU rules on settling migrants from Africa and the Middle East. The election of a conservative government in Italy. High youth unemployment throughout most of Europe. The impossibility of a young family to make enough to buy a home. This blog is not big enough to list all the reasons on why the EU is falling apart, and how the elites have failed it citizens. Europe as we know it is changing, and it should surprise no one.
