The eurosceptic parties are gaining strength at each election and it shows that people are fed up with current policies, which are reflected in social decline. Isn’t there a risk that the states are politically paralysed? That they are fed up is no surprise! One cannot blame the people for that; it’s a moral and democratic question.
It’s up to the European authorities and the governments to show that they can create growth and push down unemployment – something they haven’t managed to do convincingly since the crisis started. Now the risk is that this fed-up sentiment creates a spiral of defiance: if there are no convincing results, people’s confidence in European institutions and in the community construction is undermined.