The sad state of Europe

I am clearing out a backlog of old European political links. Here goes...

Instapundit is tracking a debate between commentators Mark Steyn and Austin Bay here. I was reading the start of it, Mark Steyn's column in the Chicago Sun-Times that Bush is being friendly to Europe because of their irrelevance. He boils it down:



Austin Bay retorts that Europe isn't dead, that while it just has large sections of gangrene, Eastern Europe is still vital and growing. It's an interesting exchange.

In the mean time, Joshka Fischer is in trouble for immigration issues (from Instapundit). He is being blamed for overly permissive immigration from the east, particularly Ukraine, which is the burning fuse on the powerkeg.

Update: Medienkritik quotes a scathing editorial in the Daily Telegraph (original text requires a login). The editorial is by an American, but it is a bracing assessment of the state of Europe in the pages of one of it's own newspapers.