There are other ambient crises facing Europe that are less easy to pin down, and more of a chronic nature: - Climate crisis (ongoing) - Rise of populism (starts in early 2000s, ongoing) - Terrorist attacks (ongoing) - Rule of law/institutional crisis in Hungary and Poland (2015-present) 2/2 - ThreadSky

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spignal.bsky.social • 7 hours ago

There are other ambient crises facing Europe that are less easy to pin down, and more of a chronic nature:
- Climate crisis (ongoing)
- Rise of populism (starts in early 2000s, ongoing)
- Terrorist attacks (ongoing)
- Rule of law/institutional crisis in Hungary and Poland (2015-present)

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callirhoe.bsky.social•6 hours ago

COVID-19 is still an ongoing crisis, even if we act like it no longer exists. Just look at what the WHO is saying and all the research on the subject. It’s clear that COVID-19 belongs in the 'ongoing' category.

spignal.bsky.social•6 hours ago

fair point, but covid-19 is not a "crisis" in the sense it guides the political agenda and forces a response. It stopped being that in late 2021. Now it is an ongoing challenge (very real for many!) but not in the crisis category.

callirhoe.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Some would argue it should be on the political agenda and that, in the future, we’ll be forced to respond as the long COVID and ME/CFS crisis worsens. But, yes, for now, we do nothing - even though the WHO says we should act.

maize2man.bsky.social•5 hours ago

never sure what 'rise of populism' exactly refers to. Is there a 'rise' or just a repackaging of the same ideas that have always been kicking around?

j2bryson.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Climate crisis could be clustered under “global” with populism, volatility, and inequality (which is the likely cause of populism & volatility both).

bubbele.social•6 hours ago

Could be used to show how Strong europe can be

stateofthecity.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Loving the "ambient crises" phrasing

samwilkin.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Look on the bright side Stan, what's bad for Europe is at least good for columnists!

endofthe.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Most terrorist attacks in Western Europe are probably the result of Israel and the blind, hypocritical countries that support it.

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