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Well, I can't say what will happen in the UK. Time will tell but nothing is impossible. You seem to underestimate widespread despair and irritation the EU sprea
by atmosx 12y ago
Well, I can't say what will happen in the UK. Time will tell but nothing is impossible. You seem to underestimate widespread despair and irritation the EU spread throughout Europe.
SYRIZA in 4 years grew from a 4% party to a 36.5%. Now it is steadily floating above 40%. The local centers of wealth controlling the mainstream media outlets are strongly against SYRIZA, making counter-arguments and spreading panic at every step the current government takes, which results in further popularity spikes.
Take a look and how the NSDAP rose to power in (1925-33). It's kind of watching history repeating itself like a farse. Even in Germany today, the anti-immigration 'Pegida' party on the rise[1].
In 2014 EU elections the FN came first[2]. That was before all this anti-islam frenzy driven by the Charlie Hebdo tragedy, alledged Jihadists killing live one hostage after another, etc.
Keep in mind that Hollande was a huge disappointment for the French population and since each vote counts equally I can't see how bankers are going to protect the current 'status quo' in France.
What Varoufakis says (that the only ones who will benefit from austerity are the extremists) is totally spot on and it's already happening...
[1] http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2015/jan/13/german-anti-immigration-party-only-minor-force-pegida http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2015/jan/13/german-...
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_election,_2014_(France) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_election,_2...
- WildUtah 12y agoIf Le Pen can make it to the second round in France, it will be in Hollande's place. Sarko will be Le Pen's opponent and will win 70+% of the vote, most of Sarko's support coming from socialist voters. And remember NSDAP could do what it did only because of the Communists; NSDAP alone never had the support of even a quarter of DE voters. There are no more Communists around. Well, hardly any.