What you describe is not an unreasonable assessment, but it is very pessimistic. I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s a matter of bleak reality, where a more optimistic assessment is naive or less reasonable.<p>Europe is generally a peaceful place, a decent political culture with relatively low tolerance for overtly sociopathic political actors. The corrupt cronyism is a real problem, a bigger problem outside the EU than in and most certainly not a new problem.