I like the perspective you bring here. It's a sentiment that I and many share, albeit on my side one thing I want to mention is that most leaders in Europe don't care about their citizens so it's not necessarily Europe eating itself. It's the powerful leaders that have removed the Europeans ability to protect themselves, are now starting to do the final twists of the metaphorical rope around their necks. It's a sad state of affairs!
RE: The bear and the eagle devouring Europe. Euro, game over.