The
French have decided to vote against the government candidates on today´s local
elections. But above all, they have decided to abstain from voting. Over 16
million said no by keeping themselves far away from the polling stations.
Basically, this shows that the traditional parties can no longer be seen as the
political vehicles people´s aspirations. The citizens, all over the place, in
France and elsewhere in Europe, are deeply dissatisfied with the way
professional politicians behave.
That´s
probably the reason why they have elected, in Slovakia, an outsider to be the
country´s next president. The prime-minister, a long standing figure in
national politics, was just defeat by a businessman.
On
this same day, the British media has printed the results of the latest opinion
survey. The Labour Party is just one percentage point ahead the governing
Conservatives. This happens notwithstanding the very erratic policies the
Conservative government – the Tories – have tried to implement, with less than
convincing results, during the last three years. People in Britain are also
running away from the old parties. Unfortunately they are moving their support
to UKIP, the Independence Party of Nigel Farage, a good speaker who manages to
hide some of his racist ideas behind some demagogic policies. UKIP is rapidly
becoming the third force in British politics. This is a major feat because the
system there is constructed in such a way that it gives very little chances to
any alternative to Labour and Tory parties. If the British voter is going UKIP
that shows how discontent she or he is with the current system.
And
more examples could be found throughout the EU.
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