I predict Europe will lie down and take it. Well, maybe not the former Eastern Block countries.
If things get bad enough, the population will put somebody in charge that will promise a final solution to the problem.
You are absolutely right. Until their addiction to leisure is addressed, they will take anything that comes their way as long as the time off is still happening. And it doesn’t matter to them if that means sitting around in their apartments cowering in fear—they’ve already given up so much for ample “free time”, what’s a little more?