Vikings ain´t scared
J. Ignacio Torreblanca
May 7, 2006
Having lived in Denmark and having small kids, it is impossible not to enjoy reading Asterix and the Vikings. As readers may remember, in the story Vikings sailed to Gaul to learn what fear was, but they found the Gauls, who didn’t fear anything (except for heavens’ falling on their heads). Looking at the recently released special Eurobarometer (257) on the future of Europe, we find out that 77% of Danes think that globalization is an opportunity for Danish firms to make business and sell more abroad, while 16 % do not. In contrast, 72% of French think that globalization is a threat in opposition to 21% who consider it as an opportunity.
Symmetry is always beautiful but infrequent. On rare occasions polls offer such key figures to understand what is going on in Europe today. There you are: a small country which may have all reasons to be lost in the sea of globalization is standing up and looking optimistically ahead, whereas the big power with nuclear weapons and a seat at the Security Council is scared to death of the world it has contributed to create. Did the Gauls lose their ability to prepare that magic recipe which made them invincible? Or is it that they have Romanized? It is difficult to tell. In the meantime, we could have money from the EU agriculture budget moved into psychoanalysis expenditure: it is more needed than agriculture subsidies.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_251_en.pdf
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