Thanks for making my point. I live in Spain. Fifty years ago there was a dictatorship here, people weren't even able to speak their minds freely, without fear

Thanks for making my point. I live in Spain. Fifty years ago there was a dictatorship here, people weren't even able to speak their minds freely, without fear for their personal safety. Castillan language and identity were forced upon Catalans, Galicians an Basques, that hold grudges for that even now. No longer than ten years ago there were still regular terrorist attacks by ETA, with dozens of innocent victims. Saying that things are worse now, regardless of the employment rate, it's just idiotic, sorry if I'm being blunt. In general, the EU, which is seen by some (especially far right and far left parties) as the cause of all evil, has given Europe 70 years of peace, in a continent that has been at war for all of its history. I'll gladly weather the occasional economic crisis for the privilege.