It is a weakened democracy mired in an economic and social crisis so deep that it verges on becoming an identity crisis.

The calf s cries attracted her mother who rushed to her rescue, only to get stuck in the mud herself.

As a result, the EU has been in a permanent crisis, characterized by economic stagnation and high unemployment.

And that was never the point...

Even in the best case scenario, in which the euro remains intact, Europe will be bogged down with the demanding task of rebuilding its frayed union.

The tragedy of that protracted stagnation isn't sufficiently recognized, I think.

Economic stagnation, in contrast, creates uncertainties and risks for the poor, encouraging people to stay in the slums.

As Southern states were subdued, critical decisions had to be made as to their leadership while their administrations were re formed.

If the reality is stagnation, I can only go up if you go down.

So a lot of economists look at declining population and expect to see stagnation, maybe depression.

Many younger Japanese have told me that they are fed up with stagnation and drift.

These factors contributed to a stagnant Soviet economy during Gorbachev's tenure.

His early volume of short stories, Dubliners , is a penetrating analysis of the stagnation and paralysis of Dublin society.

By 1998, Japan's public works projects still could not stimulate demand enough to end the economy's stagnation.

You can see on a graph, after years of stagnation, the paper started to grow, just after redesign.

After all, donor countries are mired in debt and stagnation, while some recipient economies are growing 5 7 times faster than they are.

Due to international trade interdependencies this led to European economic stagnation and delayed European recovery for several years.

BERLIN With Europe bogged down by the financial crisis and its national governments failing or being voted out of office across the continent, Germany has looked like an island of prosperity and stability.

Indeed, for the most part, the new regimes are combining the old authoritarianism with Islamism, resulting in further social stagnation, resentment, and instability.

If the euro is to be preserved, and if stagnation is to be avoided, five policy measures could be attempted

Either stagnation will lead to the eurozone s breakup, or circumstances will force a policy change.

So, whichever side gains the upper hand, authoritarianism and economic stagnation will prevail once again.

From ancient times through the Middle Ages, bursts of mathematical creativity were often followed by centuries of stagnation.

However , it also reflects a standstill in fiscal consolidation and new deficit increasing measures in a number of countries with fiscal imbalances , including some with high deficits .

We are in a period of long cultural stasis from a million years ago until around 60,000 to 70,000 years ago.

The last decade of Henry VIII's reign had seen a partial stalling of the Reformation, a drifting back to more conservative values.

We have an example from the early twentieth century of the political consequences of such a period of economic depression and stagnation.

With enlightenment and progress in some parts of the world accompanied by atavism and stagnation elsewhere, this is not an easy question.

But, given that this view is expressed in every deep depression, it appears to be an effect of economic stagnation, rather than a cause of it.

The poor roads and the sluggish growth of agriculture caused stagnation and the loss of political autonomy, with the town becoming a district of Piedade city in 1934.

What were people now doing for the first time that made that difference between stagnation and rapid, open ended discovery?

CAMBRIDGE After a double dip recession and an extended period of stagnation, the eurozone is finally seeing green shoots of recovery.

After such a long period of stagnation, people demand to see and feel changes for the better in their own lives.

This approach would promote socially diverse and productive neighborhoods, rather than segregation and pockets of economic stagnation.

Economic stagnation in a nation with a growing population reduces per capita disposal income in urban and rural areas, increasing urban and rural poverty.

All big politics is now done in Astana, but, unlike the super modern cityscape in which this process takes place, the methods of government are increasingly reminiscent of soviet gerontocratic stagnation.

Because after years of stagnation and decline, the mentality of politics is that it's a zero sum game.

The momentum of the recovery mainly reflected stronger exports and , following a long period of stagnation , an initial strengthening of private consumption .

Economists such as Robert Gordon of Northwestern University argue that this slump in productivity growth reflects the stagnation of technology.

Indeed, insofar as the increments are small, the result is likely to be slower productivity growth and a Great Stagnation.

Another type of urbanization does not involve economic growth but economic stagnation or low growth, mainly contributing to slum growth in Sub Saharan Africa and parts of Asia.

Operation Eighth Imam For about a year after the Iraqi offensive stalled in March 1981, there was little change in the front other than Iran retaking the high ground above Susangerd in May.

Changes and adaptations After the success of the 1896 Games, the Olympics entered a period of stagnation that threatened their survival.

The Plague of Justinian and the Arab conquests would represent a substantial reversal of fortunes contributing to a period of stagnation and decline.

Steven Rosenfielde states that the standard of living actually declined as a result of Stalin's despotism, and while there was a brief improvement following his death, lapsed into stagnation.