Inflation is a term much maligned in todays media, but correctly managed it is not necessarily a bad thing. The European Central bank has as one of its objectives the management of inflation within the Eurozone area and this management is generally accepted as maintaining the inflation rate as close to 2% as is possible. If inflation begins to rise above this magic figure then the ECB imposes credit restrictions via interest rate management and reels in economic activity back. If, on the other hand, inflation threatens to drop into negative territory and the ECB is afraid that this may stifle economic growth then they practice quantitative easing to increase the supply of money. Quantitative easing refers to the reduction of interest rates and controls and the printing of money, and that is one of the powers of a country: Countries have the capacity to print their own money. Bitcoin is fundamentally different to fiat money in that important respect.
I find it funny that people defend theft if done slowly enough. At 2%, it takes the ECB 35 years to steal half of the savings in Europe. At what point would you be upset? 25 years? 10?