The collapse of communism ended four decades of servitude
, millions have done just that. Many who stayed behind, though, feel left behind. Aniko Takacs, aged 25, who works at a petrol station on the Hungarian side of the border with Austria, earns €500 a month. Her sister, who does the same job for the same company in Austria, earns €1,500. Countries with low fertility rates and little immigration are facing steep population declines.
After three decades of democracy, cynicism about politicians is as widespread as it is in western Europe. In Slovakia 63% of people think most elected officials do not care what they think, a Pew poll finds; in Hungary, 71% and in Bulgaria, 78%. By way of comparison, the figures in France and Britain are 76% and 70%, respectively.
The success of former communists has rankled. In some countries, populists have exploited this mood. Ardent supporters of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party did not celebrate the 30th anniversary this year of the country’s first semi-free elections, which followed the demise of the Kremlin-backed communist dictatorship. The way they see it is that in 1989 “the pinkos struck a deal with the reds to keep the reds in power at the expense of the Polish people.
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