Irish President - Unaccountable forces are running EU

``The anti-austerity street protests in many EU states, he said, could be seen as "not just the mechanical result of deplorable levels of unemployment and deteriorating material circumstances", but also a reflection of a "breakdown of trust between citizens and their institutions"... Deep injury has been inflicted on people's moral outlook in recent decades by an extraordinarily narrow version of economics which had cut ties with its ethical and philosophical roots, Mr Higgins said.''''