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Is there an objective, global "right wing" and "left wing", is this relative to France? Compared to the US most European politicians seem pretty left.
by lucasmullens 9y ago
Is there an objective, global "right wing" and "left wing", is this relative to France? Compared to the US most European politicians seem pretty left.
- TillE 9y agoIt's really not a one-dimensional line. Compare the Democrats to Germany's center-right CDU/CSU, for example. The Democrats are well to their left on most social issues, but mostly to the right on economics. Macron is probably best defined as a neoliberal, a somewhat coarse-grained label which is nonetheless fairly well understood globally. Despite his previous party affiliation, he is not any flavor of socialist.
- linkregister 9y agoIt's relative to France. Globally, "left wing" and "right wing" would probably have little overlap: the left-wing Venezuelan leadership is authoritarian and pro-social services, the right-wing Le Pen is... authoritarian and pro-social services.