The soul of the revolt of Reykjavik are those who have lost their wealth, not those who have never had it. Iceland was until two years ago queen in each classification of development and prosperity, a Bengodi growing unabated. Then there was the financial crisis, widespread bankruptcy, the GDP declining by 10 points.
Tuesday all'Althing parade before the parade, the Icelandic parliament. Thursday, for the first time Since 1949, the year of accession to NATO intervened with riot control departments tear gas to disperse the crowd. There were two or three thousand souls, but cold on the island are about 1% of the population. They pelted with eggs and cans, even the car of Prime Minister Geir Haarde, who yesterday announced early elections for May 9.
Icelandic intolerance if they accompany a spread in the Baltic countries, Eastern Europe and the mother of all the recent protests in Greece. Observers are beginning to report a wave of circular latent unrest in several states. The diagnosis is a sense that the economic crisis will soon lead to other disturbances. You
under a "very, very serious," criticizes the director of the IMF, Dominique Strauss Kahn. Has reason to be worried. A week ago if the dates are thrashing in Sofia. Two thousand people gathered in front of the Bulgarian Parliament, pushed by the desire, the organizers said, "no longer the poorest country in the European Union and corrupt."
Analysts point out that evil is a matter of Bulgarian political malpractice, not economic crisis because the country is not in recession (GDP in 2009 expected +1.8%). Impatience, however, is able to hit the weak every time he crosses a border. And it's contagious. Knows something about the Latvian Government. In Riga si sono avuti i disordini più violenti dalla caduta della Cortina di ferro.
«Sono segnali seri e non ancora gravi - spiega una fonte diplomatica di Bruxelles -. Il problema è se la scintilla dovesse reinnescarsi nei grandi paesi, anzitutto in Grecia». E l’Italia? «È tranquilla, per il momento». Ad Atene, in effetti, i sindacati minacciano nuovi scioperi «probabili» dopo l’ondata di violenza di dicembre.
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