http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europeans-shift-long-held-view-that-social-benefits-are-untouchable/2011/02/09/AFLdYzdE_story.html
A Neat Graphic from the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/before-austerity-sizable-social-benefits/2011/04/24/AF22IvdE_graphic.html