ECB President Mario Draghi (left) and Wolfgang Schauble German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble this afternoon.

Via Bloomberg:

They speak different languages, they come from different backgrounds, yet all have the same message of frustration that’s threatening to redraw the European political map over the next year.

Starting with elections this Sunday in Greece and heading west to Ireland via Britain and Spain, polls show Europeans will vent their anger over issues from widening income disparities and record unemployment to unprecedented immigration.

For Athens pensioner Irini Smyrni, the moment she’d had enough was when her younger daughter lost her job with the government last year. For Dublin florist Nicola Johns, it was when her business fell behind on rent.

“We pay, we pay, we pay,” said Smyrni, 73. “Our homeland unfortunately is taking us backwards — paltry wages, miserable pensions — and we’re looking for something better.”

….Disaffection with what is seen as a ruling elite and a sense of being left behind in an increasingly globalised world are complaints heard across Europe on varying points of the political spectrum as the continent struggles to recover from successive waves of financial and economic crises.

“Political elites have lost track of their citizens, who feel insecure amid all the economic and social pressures,” said Daniela Schwarzer, director of the German Marshall Fund’s Europe program in Berlin. “There’s a growing questioning of the political establishment across Europe.”

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi announced today the latest efforts by his monetary policy makers to foster economic growth in the euro region. The bank plans to inject about 1.1 trillion euros ($1.3 trillion) into the financial system. It’s unlikely to make enough of a difference to deter people from protesting at the ballot box.

Revenge of Disaffected Europe Risks Crisis Sparked in Greece (Bloomberg)

(Reuters)