It’s not that easy to pull off a celebratory mood this 1st of May, even though on this date we mark the anniversary of 10 years since most of central and eastern Europe joined the European Union.
by Claudia Ciobanu, cross-posted from the Bankwatch blog
Europe’s coming out of the economic crisis is murky, far-right parties across the continent are about to make significant gains in the upcoming elections for the European Parliament, and Russia is wreaking havoc at the EU’s eastern borders. Nostalgia for a European Union of the past is not uncommon: we miss the visionary politicians that founded the Union, we decry the destruction of what used to be “social Europe”.
In central and eastern Europe, we face similar problems as the entire block: most countries in the region have been hard hit by the European economic crisis; mainstream political parties have lost the trust of the electorate and fringe […]

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