Chancellor Schroder may not be the most popular gentleman these days (it's escalated to the point where they're making video games about him now), but he didn't come out of nowhere. Back in July 2002, Norwegian Vegard Valberg briefly drew attention to "the 1968 generation" and its influence on Europe's politics. Looks like he was onto something.
Omaha reporter Geitner Simmons at Regions of Mind points to and excerpts of a very thought provoking article on Germany in The National Interest. Uwe Siemon-Netto believes that three factors have received too little attention in explaining the course of recent political trends in Germany:
- The pacifist sentiment rooted in Germany’s modern history.
- The effect of the 1968 student rebellion and the Left's 'Long March through the institutions.'
- A peculiar German susceptibility to utopian fancy.
Yes,
It seems the 1968 generation in Europe is somehow controlling events so to speak. I generally follow the political development of Europe with a measure of facination especially when viewed in light of what people like Daniel Cohn-Bendit and others are doing. It appears the 1968 Generation in Europe had a vision of what they were supposed to do in the future.
Meanwhile I hoping that one day I will be able to come to Europe and interview some of these prominent political character who were moulded in 1968 student and political upheavals.
Benson Mutape