Political leaders who supported austerity , cuts suffer election defeats across Europe . Anti-austerity votes seen in Germany , UK , Greece , UK and even UK . Far-right , far-left and protest groups do well . In the 17 countries of the eurozone more than one-tenth of the labor force is idle , according to the latest statistics from Eurostat . But whoever is in power austerity seems to remain the key economic policy .
Political leaders who supported austerity , cuts suffer election defeats across Europe . Anti-austerity votes seen in Germany , UK , Greece , UK and even UK . Far-right , far-left and protest groups do well . But whoever is in power austerity seems to remain the key economic policy .