>The bad is that European people aren't a single stock, they don't like to be compared to each other, or to be put on similar benchmarks This needs to change,

>The bad is that European people aren't a single stock, they don't like to be compared to each other, or to be put on similar benchmarks This needs to change, and it will happen - in spite of statements to the contrary - because young people all over Europe are moving to other countries, the so-called 'greener pastures' - and thus the integration and cultural osmosis is in process. Spanish workers moving to Germany are becoming less Spanish; Romanians moving to Austria, less Romanian. This is a good thing, and will - over time spans of 5..10 years - result in the badly needed cross-pollination. Its very clear in Europe that cultural mores and disciplines which result in prejudice and exclusion need to be abandoned - I see precisely this happening at the youth level, and less so in the middle-age bracket - but such is life.