EU seems a huge lie; it is like a big market where anyone has tried to squeeze the last drop for himself. Germany and France are trying to save the major market they have, Greece, Italy, Portugal and even Spain are trying to get more from EU while a few years ago they were growing faster and higher than anyone, spending money that they had never had. Even though, it seems catastrophic but members of the EU only have one choice, move forward. It is becoming more and more difficult due to the selfishness of some members, but there are also political reasons. For example the clumsy movement of Georgeus Papandreou with the announcement of a referendum which ended up with his resignation. Also the movements told in the article: “Run For Your Lives: Euro Zone Considers Solution of Last Resort” in «The Spiegel” explain the banks, insurances companies and ordinary holders concerns and lack of confidence. (13)
So, what is the most worrying problem in the EU for normal people in the most affected crisis countries right now? The answer is clear, unemployment.
The worst part is concentrated in the Mediterranean Europe and among young people, whose reckon it will come a rough time. However some governments are trying to figure out how to tackle this problem, but in fact this solutions are bringing up other problems. As in the article “Youth unemployment in Mediterranean Europe: It’s grim down south” in «The Economist” that explains a case in Italy: “In Italy, where the government has floated the idea of making it easier for firms to hire younger workers by easing some labour rules, the country’s largest trade-union federation shows what Italian youngsters are up against: “This would damage the rights of all workers in order to help the young,” Vincenzo Scudiere of the CGIL .” (14)
These “good” years of wealth brought also some future problems to the countries which were growing faster than never. Inflation was controlled at that time with borrowed money from an uncertain future that degenerate in one of the worst parts of the crisis for the normal people, the bursting of the housing market bubble worldwide, the burst is well-explained in the article “The Housing Bubble Still Burst” in «The Washington Post», it also explain how brutal the real estate investments were, people put there its saves of the whole life and now they are losing everything. Governments are unable to help in these cases because they have also problems with their loans; some countries are so deep in debt with banks that they almost belonged to them. (15)
Economic problems bring political problems. In the past “good” years, political parties had discussions about some problems with languages, ecological problems or law issues. Now it is the time of the big politic, the big political game is played in tough situations. Everyone can manage a country when everything goes fine, but only good and professional politics can do it now. Are Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy those politicians? Well, what it is noticeable is that they are now in the wheel. Perhaps they are because their countries are the richer; or maybe there is no one else who is able to do it. Some people reckon they are playing with European countries like marionettes but banks and corporations are moving the principal strings of the presidents.
On November 17th an article in «The Spiegel» started with the question: “Will Merkel Take The Reins?” On December 6th it is clear that they do take the reins and on next Friday the EU will not be the same any more. (16)
Although, disbelieve has brought some movements like the “15-M” in Spain or “Occupy Wall Street”. These facts are known for everyone, despite that no one knows where they are really heading up or what are their real objectives, the absence of those are diluting the best ideas. (17) (18) But there were also some society movements that are really interesting and worrying for the future. One was the mass abandon of the studies in some countries and how it affects to the unemployment and future development of a country. First we can take a look at what the unemployment rate by level of education is. People who has only primary or lower secondary education has the 16.2%, people who has secondary school the 9.1% and people who has tertiary education has the 5.5% ( Source: Eurostat). That means, education is the most differentiating factor in the labor market in the first world. In 2000 lots of people decided to give up with their studies and stated to work in a non-qualified job. The majority of the people, who are nowadays unemployed, are them. If we want to get over the crisis and to be prepared to the future as a federation of countries we need education. We can’t compete against labor of China or India.
But we should see further, there are not the same unemployment figures in Spain and in Belgium. So, what are doing the countries which have the lower rate of unemployment? They are taking advantage of the situation; they can offer jobs to foreign people who are very prepared students and craving for a job. If we add the sum; prepared students which preparation had been free for the countries that are receiving them, craving for a job and willing to do whatever to success in life. This is a very good material for the future.
But this is not good for everyone, what happen with the countries which are suffering the brain drain? The future of these countries is being played right now. (20) (21)
