[fuzztester]

Wow, interesting.

Your analysis somewhat matches with a conversation I had here with a Spanish woman tourist some months ago.

We were chatting casually about this and that, and then she said she was not looking forward to going back to Spain / Europe, after her trip.

I asked her why.

I don't remember the exact words she used, but from what she said, my recollection is that she had been experiencing a kind of general malaise in the environment in Europe from some time.

Depressing.

This also matches with some of the news articles I have been reading for sometime now about Europe.