Bolkenstein? Nein! Nein! Nein!

Swans are singing their last song over Greece, Italy and Slovenia, the Representative 0 (ex Subcommandante Marcos) is losing his temper in Mexico after being provoked by local agents of stupidity, the ever-clever leaders of islamic countries are pushing people on the streets as they have only discovered some sketches drawn 5 months ago and the even cleverer leaders of the EU suddenly remember the freedom of the press.

Well, freedom is only to be for the press. Citizens throughout the European continent are protesting against the infamous "Bolkenstein Directive" which may force workers throughout Europe to work with lower wages (that is the bottomline anyway). But their representatives could not care less. Europeans may be sure that they are free to speak but noone will listen to them!

At the same time, the catalan people seem to be moving into a sphere of their own. The great issue here is not working rights, freedom of speech or the centralization of Europe. Catalans seem to be very, very far from all that, as their outmost concern is whether or not they should be declared a separate nation according to their new State Constitution. So, while throughout the rest of Europe, people protest against the Bolkenstein Directive, here they are organizing a great protest in order to declare that they are "una nacio" and proud to be catalans. What if the proud catalans of Barcelona are living in the city with the most homeless people throughout the country? And what about those proud Catalans that have a monthly salary that equals their president's daily paycheck?

I sympathize with all the people of Catalunya, but in the end I think they are very dis-oriented about the real problems. If only on tomorrow's protest I could see right next to the banner saying "Som una nacio" another one reading "Baix amb Bolkenstein!"