Old Europe

Washington Times ^ | Wednesday, May 5, 2004 | By Helle Dale

[JohnHuang2]

Certain Europeans threw a mighty snit when Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld quipped about the Germans and the French belonging to Old Europe and the new countries coming into NATO and the European Union being the New Europe.

Now, the wisecracking Mr. Rumsfeld was probably not thinking in terms of demographics, but he did hit the nail on the head as regards Europe's population growth. Europe's population is aging and shrinking fast. For those who have found Europeans to be hostile, nagging and anti-American in recent years, this may of course not be the worst news in the world.

[epigone73]

Frankistan, Germanistan, Anglistan

[EternalHope]

the Europeans face "a slow but inexorable 'exit from history,' " as a report by the French Institute for Foreign Relations stated a few years ago.

Memo to France: Don't let the door hit ya in the a** on the way out.

[mgist]

Good read

[Leisler]

Europe, Europe? Rings a bell. I, remember reading about it in school. Was it before or after the Romans?