I’ve linked to posts about Europe before and as you might realize I am not the biggest fan of the European Social Model. Oh, don’t get me wrong, I’d love longer vacations and shorter workweeks as much as the next man but the results the European Model has produced are nothing short of alarming: an aging population, a looming pensions crisis and double-digit unemployment alone make for a gloomy picture before unintegrated immigrants/minorities are added to create an explosive mix.
So it’s with some relief that I see Brown (yesterday) and Blair (today) have stepped up to give the EU a reality check. At a time when the EU leadership is busy papering over the reality of two popular thumbs-downs (cue Juncker’s ‘they didn’t really vote No’), someone had to point out that the EU was fixating on the past with its focus on protectionism and subsidy in a world of ever-competitive nations.
Let’s hope Europe’s people are listening, for many of their leaders will not.