European 'Spring' - left wing revolution....?
European 'Spring' - left wing revolution....?
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Corsair7

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20,911 posts

278 months

Tuesday 8th May 2012
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How many European countries are going to reject their incumbant governments in the coming months due to austerity measures imposed on them by the EU? Is this a revolution unfolding accross the euro zone?

The French and the Greeks seem to be leading the way, what about Spain, Italy and Portugal?

A snap election in the UK would probably see a landslide labour victory too.....

Is the German government safe?

Puggit

49,832 posts

279 months

Tuesday 8th May 2012
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Ironic considering the EU is following a largely left-wing agenda of tax-and-spend by a bunch of control freaks.

CDP

8,062 posts

285 months

Tuesday 8th May 2012
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Corsair7 said:
How many European countries are going to reject their incumbant governments in the coming months due to austerity measures imposed on them by the EU? Is this a revolution unfolding accross the euro zone?
All of them probably.

Corsair7 said:
The French and the Greeks seem to be leading the way, what about Spain, Italy and Portugal?
Going, going, gone. Actually Spain's had an election not long ago but with 25% unemployment. Among young males the rate is much higher, we all know employment is unevenly distributed. I would expect there are some communities where almost nobody has a job. How can it remain stable for long under those circumstances?

Corsair7 said:
A snap election in the UK would probably see a landslide labour victory too.....
Somehow I doubt it, people still remember who caused the trouble in the first place. Most of the swing in the local elections is a combination of punishment and disliking our left-leaning coalition. In most cases the UKIP vote was more than the Labour margin. If they did get in like that I think I'd emigrate.

Corsair7 said:
Is the German government safe?
Definitely not. Merkel has annoyed the public too much by propping up the EU and Euro. It's just the Germans have been ignored so far.



Hopefully we can see the EU stripped down to a trade area and concentrate on the few things it does well rather than explode. Unfortunately I reckon it's about to burst.

DJRC

23,563 posts

267 months

Tuesday 8th May 2012
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Daft question but how did the Greeks have a left wing revolution...their centre left parties got massacred! Far left, far right and anti Europe parties gained heavily