European elections in May sent out a few shock waves. Parties at each extreme of the political spectrum and outright anti-EU parties romped into seats in the European Parliament on an unprecedented scale.

It’s a bizarre sight, seeing politicians whose whole platform is based on abolishing the organization they have become a part of, along with the hefty salaries, generous expenses, etc, that go with it.

Poverty and dissatisfaction are the breeding grounds of extremism and Europe has been here once or twice before.