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Comment by NKosmatos | Hacker News Reader

Things are not looking promising and 2019 is European elections year. Greece has financial and many other issues, Italy has also many financial and internal issues, Germany is not holding the same powerful position as it had with Merkel, UK is uncertain with one foot in the EU, France has already a lot of problems and many more coming up and the same goes for other countries (immigration, politics, economy...). Let’s see how things play out.

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Meanwhile, every other country in the World is smooth sailing.

Certainly not, lots of issues in many other countries. It’s just that the density/concentration of problems is higher in EU (IMHO).

I don't think so. When people think about the USA they only think about the 1 or 2 most significant problems overall. With Europe you think about the 1 or 2 for each of the constituent countries and so it seems more problematic. To be comparable you would need to think about the 1 or 2 most significant problems for each state in the USA. Once you do that the number of issues is not that different.

The EU doesn't have a looming student loan crisis, or a health crisis due to opioid epidemics. In terms of human suffering caused by these two issues alone I have a hard time believing the EU is worse off.

I fail to see the looming student loan crisis given that they can't be discharged in bankruptcy.

It's a problem if students can't pay for their student loans. If nearly '40%' of borrowers are expected to default on their student loans, then there will be alot of universities shutting down in the near future and there will be ripple effects in the economy[0].

[0]:https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/13/twenty-two-percent-of-studen...

I recommend the documentary Where to Invade Next, from Michael Moore.

I think EU have actually little problems compare with others.

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