We examine the possible changes coming to European nations in the political sense in terms of opposition. Is it really opposition that is seeking to take power? Is it more of the same? Is it really a change in the political atmosphere? Also, what is a scissor strategy, and how does it work? Are the changes that are said to take place actually benefits to someone else? And, with so many passing from heat exhaustion, is it a new record for the types of conditions that people are encountering on the annual pilgrimage? We ask the questions.