Many government officials already perceive the horrific implications of Europe's nation states losing their self-belief and descending into polar factionalism, with the continued existence of Europe or its constituent parts in question, but understand that speaking of it openly remains career suicide, a conference at the European Parliament has heard.

It is "a possibility that is quite close" that the British people will pass into history "like the Canaanites or the Arcadians", and it is an open question whether there will be a Europe in 50 years' time, a European Parliament conference heard from a panel of expert speakers.

Hosted by French populist-right firebrand Marion Maréchal — the granddaughter of National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen — and Sweden Democrats Member of the European Parliament Charlie Weimers, the Civil War: Europe at Risk? conference launched a new report on the now-widespread phenomenon of "no-go zones" and platformed thinkers on political instability. Marechal opened the conference by reflecting that formerly peaceful and stable societies are "rapidly transforming before our eyes into societies of violence and mistrust", stating that "the main basis of trust between citizens is cultural homogeneity", which is now fast eroding.

Europe is already under a great strain of "diffuse guerrilla activity", she said, which takes various forms, including "riots, looting, random attacks, anti-white racism, and terrorist attacks". These remarks were echoed by conference co-host Weimers, who noted the impact of mass migration on cultural cohesion. The Swedish populist-right politician reflected: "Western democracies that were once relatively homogenous societies have become deeply fragmented. Newcomers often share little in common with the indigenous population. More alarmingly, many have no intention of assimilating."

Both politicians said they were driven to hold the conference by the hope of finding political answers to these problems and to prevent "the horror of civil war" from occurring at all.

Anglo-Canadian academic Professor David Betz of King's College London, who has rapidly gained prominence in European security discourse over his whistle-blowing on the eroding of British and European democracy, society, and social cohesion, was blunt in his remarks, telling the European Parliament meeting that: "Europe is on track for civil war".

Observing that while "it took a long time to break the foundations of Western self-belief, prosperity, and competency", the job was now done and although a society like the United Kingdom is not quite at the point of total breakdown, nevertheless it is experiencing polar factionalism, which has led to outbursts of violence and leaves the country vulnerable to a sudden downward spiral towards chaos. Professor Betz said:

…we are on a track for a peasant revolt. A conservative uprising in which the ruled seek to punish their rulers for violating their obligations under the social contract, and for changing the rules of the game against their wishes. It will look something like Italy's Years of Lead, the 'dirty wars' of Latin America, or maybe The Troubles of Northern Ireland, but on a larger scale.