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Sadly it's the time of the populists, racists and fascists all over. RIP Austria (OVP), long time ago. RIP France (soon, NF - Le Pen). RIP Germany (soon AfD).

Sadly it's the time of the populists, racists and fascists all over. RIP Austria (OVP), long time ago. RIP France (soon, NF - Le Pen). RIP Germany (soon AfD). RIP Holland (soon Vilgers), RIp Russia, RIP Hungary. In similar lines - Maybe RIP USA too. (Trump).

TillE 10y ago
> RIP Germany (soon AfD) I know this is the line being hyped by anglophone newspapers, so I don't blame you for believing it, but we're talking about a party which has peaked at around 12% in national polls. Every single other notable party despises the AfD and is completely unwilling to consider a coalition with them. It would take a small miracle to dislodge the current CDU/CSU/SPD grand coalition at all (about 66% combined), and the only remotely plausible alternative would be a shift to the left with SPD/Greens/Left. Nobody is talking about the AfD. http://www.election.de/ http://www.election.de/
pikzen 10y ago
>RIP France (soon, NF - Le Pen) Hey, you wanna make a bet on that? I'd love to win easy money from gullible people. The only way Le Pen wins is if she gets an absolute majority in the first round. She doesn't win the second round. She doesn't win the legislatives. The National Front is nothing.
- diminish 10y ago
  Maybe not this time, but she still keeps the surprise element. - but the franchise "Le Pen" gets stronger and stronger - how long will the "republican alliance" resist is a question especially if emigration poses to "disturb" the people.
erikb 10y ago
In both France and Germany the left wing is actually much more likely to gain government power than the right wing. Both is bad for a EU, but if you only worry about the right wing you can probably calm down at this point. I'd say more RIP USA than RIP <western european government> for now.
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- diminish 10y ago
  You're right - actually among all those, Germany appears to be the most immune to right-populism.
  - erikb 10y ago
    Are you aware that one could read your comment 100% serious as well as 100% sarcastic? Which one is it?
pinaceae 10y ago
Austria just elected a green party candidate as their president. He would rank so left on the US spectrum of politics, Bernie Sanders would call him "a fucking commie". Just sayin'.
happyrock 10y ago
This is rather hysterical. Anyone other than pro-EU, pro-mass-immigration parties win and it's "RIP [country]"?

TillE 10y ago

> RIP Germany (soon AfD) I know this is the line being hyped by anglophone newspapers, so I don't blame you for believing it, but we're talking about a party which has peaked at around 12% in national polls. Every single other notable party despises the AfD and is completely unwilling to consider a coalition with them. It would take a small miracle to dislodge the current CDU/CSU/SPD grand coalition at all (about 66% combined), and the only remotely plausible alternative would be a shift to the left with SPD/Greens/Left. Nobody is talking about the AfD. http://www.election.de/ http://www.election.de/

pikzen 10y ago

>RIP France (soon, NF - Le Pen) Hey, you wanna make a bet on that? I'd love to win easy money from gullible people. The only way Le Pen wins is if she gets an absolute majority in the first round. She doesn't win the second round. She doesn't win the legislatives. The National Front is nothing.

diminish 10y ago
Maybe not this time, but she still keeps the surprise element. - but the franchise "Le Pen" gets stronger and stronger - how long will the "republican alliance" resist is a question especially if emigration poses to "disturb" the people.

erikb 10y ago

In both France and Germany the left wing is actually much more likely to gain government power than the right wing. Both is bad for a EU, but if you only worry about the right wing you can probably calm down at this point. I'd say more RIP USA than RIP <western european government> for now.

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diminish 10y ago
You're right - actually among all those, Germany appears to be the most immune to right-populism.
- erikb 10y ago
  Are you aware that one could read your comment 100% serious as well as 100% sarcastic? Which one is it?

pinaceae 10y ago

Austria just elected a green party candidate as their president. He would rank so left on the US spectrum of politics, Bernie Sanders would call him "a fucking commie". Just sayin'.

happyrock 10y ago

This is rather hysterical. Anyone other than pro-EU, pro-mass-immigration parties win and it's "RIP [country]"?