lucklucky Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 You need new elections. Sorry. Couldn't resist. I'm a bad, bad man. No. Like Belgium and Israel there are much less problems when no Government exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BansheeOne Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 (edited) World News | Sun Oct 30, 2016 | 10:44am IST Spain ends impasse as Rajoy wins backing to head government By Inmaculada Sanz and Sarah White | MADRID Spain ended 10 months of political gridlock on Saturday when lawmakers agreed to grant conservative leader Mariano Rajoy a second term as prime minister. After two inconclusive elections and fruitless attempts at coalition-building between bickering parties, Rajoy will now form the first fully-functioning government since December, albeit with the weakest mandate in Spain's modern history. Without a majority in Spain's fragmented parliament, Rajoy's administration will have to negotiate pacts with opponents if it wants to see out its four-year term and pass laws, starting with a new budget plan for next year. "We've survived more than 300 days with an acting government but we will not survive a government that cannot govern because it lacks support or faces too many obstacles," Rajoy told lawmakers, urging them to safeguard Spain's economic recovery. "I'm not asking for the moon." Rajoy's rivals have so far not guaranteed him any form of political stability, though the threat of another snap election, which his People's Party (PP) would likely win once again, may afford him some reprieve. After governing as caretaker prime minister since December, Rajoy won a parliamentary confidence vote on Saturday after dozens of lawmakers from his long-standing Socialist opponents lifted their veto on his second term and abstained. He said he would name a new cabinet on Thursday. The confidence vote marked a personal triumph for 61-year-old Rajoy and confirmed his reputation as a political survivor. After winning an election in 2011, he imposed deep spending cuts to tackle a soaring deficit as Spain endured a deep recession and unemployment rocketed to nearly 27 percent. Rajoy's PP was also tainted by a series of corruption scandals. Voters punished the party even as the economy later recovered, stripping it of its absolute majority. But it still won the most votes in elections last December and in June, and Rajoy resisted calls from rival parties to step aside. STRUGGLE WITH THE OPPOSITION Rajoy struck a conciliatory tone this week, offering to work with opponents on issues like pension and education reform, and opening the door to further dialogue with Catalonia, a northeastern region in the grip of a strong independence drive. But many in Spain are sceptical of what the government can achieve, with just 137 seats in the 350-strong parliament. "There's no consensus to reach any broad agreement between everyone and I can see this situation getting worse," said Begona Herrero, 65, a property agent in Madrid. Rajoy, who may need to pass fresh spending cuts to meet deficit targets set by Brussels next year, will be able to count on support on some issues from the liberal Ciudadanos or "Citizens" party, which came fourth in June elections. But others - including the second-placed Socialists and anti-austerity Podemos ("We Can"), the third-biggest party in parliament - have said they will fight Rajoy's policies and will not approve his budgets. Several thousand people marched in protest against a new Rajoy government in the capital on Saturday. "Rajoy is going to keep making cuts to education, healthcare and eroding workers' rights like he did when he was last in power," said Angel Guillen, 40, who works in the Madrid local government. A DIVIDED LEFT Rajoy will attempt to outmanoeuvre a divided and distracted left-wing. The Socialists, in power for half of the past four decades, were torn apart over their leaders' decision to allow Rajoy to govern. They now face a challenge from Podemos to lead the opposition. Former Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez, ousted in early October over his refusal to enable a Rajoy government, quit his seat in parliament rather than abstain in the confidence vote, and 15 other Socialist lawmakers broke with the party line and opposed Rajoy's re-election. Sanchez suggested he could try and run for the party leadership again in upcoming primaries. "I completely disagree with the decision to enable Mariano Rajoy to govern," a tearful Sanchez told a news conference earlier on Saturday. "From Monday onwards I'm going to get into my car and go all over Spain to listen to those that are not being listened to." http://in.reuters.com/article/spain-politics-vote-idINKCN12T0NO The Panama Papers having shaken up Iceland's politics the Píratar party might even get into government in the upcoming premature elections: http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2016/10/21/new_poll_puts_pirates_back_on_course_to_win_iceland/Arrrrr! Prrrrepare for boarrrrding! Aye aye! World News | Sun Oct 30, 2016 | 1:35am EDT Iceland's Pirates see softer than expected support in early poll results By Stine Jacobsen and Zoe Robert | REYKJAVIK Support for Iceland's Pirates in parliamentary elections has turned out lower than anticipated, making it less likely that the anti-establishment party will be part of a new government, early election results showed on Sunday. Voters looked to oust the governing center-right government in its current form, though the ruling coalition partner, the Independence Party, took a stronger lead than expected, signaling that voters recognized the efforts made to stabilize the economy after a 2008 banking collapse. The Pirate Party, founded by internet activists, came in third in early counting, and though their support looks to have tripled compared to the previous election, the results were still weaker than recent polls had indicated. Both the Independence Party and the Pirate Party have so far ruled out working together, though this could change during negotiations in the days to come. With roughly 40 percent of overall votes counted, the center-right Independence Party emerged as the winner with 30 percent, followed by the Left-Greens with 16 percent and the Pirate Party third at almost 14 percent. "Our internal predictions showed 10 to 15 percent so this (the first results) is at the top of the range. We knew that we would never get 30 percent," Pirate Party leader and a published poet Birgitta Jonsdottir told Reuters at an election wake at the harbor of Reykjavik. Neither the two center-right parties currently in government nor the four opposition parties led by the Pirates looked able to win a majority. Three political scientists that Reuters talked to said it was very difficult to predict what kind of constellation would emerge when all the votes are counted. In a tight race, the newly established Vidreisn, or Reform Party, could become kingmaker. The pro-European, liberal party has not yet taken sides. While the Independence Party clearly emerged as the top party, its senior coalition partner, the Progressive Party, only got around 10 percent with around 32 percent of votes counted. The Progressive Party was hurt badly when Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigned as prime minister in April after documents leaked from a Panamanian law firm linked him to an offshore company that held millions of dollars in debt from failed Icelandic banks. It was still too early to say, however, which party or parties would take power over the small island, as President Gudni Johannesson has yet to officially hand the mandate to the party that will be tasked with forming the next government. "I cannot deny that if the results will be this way... that it would be natural that we are a leading party in the next government," said party leader Bjarni Benediktsson. The Independence Party has promised to lower taxes and keep the economic recovery on track. Fueled by a tourism boom, economic growth has recovered since the 2008 banking crisis and is expected to hit 4.3 percent this year. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iceland-election-result-idUSKCN12U00Z Edited October 30, 2016 by BansheeOne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BansheeOne Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 Date 06.11.2016 Nicaragua election to strengthen Ortega power couple Nicaragua's president, Daniel Ortega, and his wife and Vice President Rosario Murillo, are poised to win Sunday's election. The couple is popular, but critics say they are authoritarian and seek family rule. Nicaraguans cast their votes on Sunday in an election that has put President Daniel Ortega on track to win a third consecutive term, this time with his wife as vice president, in what many analysts and critics say will formalize Rosario Murillo's powerful role and set the stage for family succession. But the 70-year-old former guerrilla turned business-friendly leftist said voters handed him a mandate to rule in peace. "This is a vote for peace, for stability, for the security of Nicaraguan families," Ortega said, wearing a red shirt and a cream-colored jacket. "Some say that we don't have proper elections here, because we're not insulting each other, throwing messages of hate, banging the drums of death." Early reports cited Nicaraguan officials as already declaring President Ortega the winner with only a fifth of the ballots counted. Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) had 71 percent of the vote, Roberto Rivas, head of the country's Supreme Electoral Council told reporters. Ortega's main opponent, the center-right Liberal Constitutionalist Party (PLC) candidate Maximino Rodriguez, was a distant second with 16.4 percent of votes. Turnout based on the partial tally was 65 percent. But the main opposition bloc, the Broad Front for Democracy, disputed this, saying its internal polling indicated that "more than 70 percent" of voters heeded calls to boycott and did not cast ballots. Ninety seats in the country's 92 member parliament are also being contested, the other two seats going to the president and the runner-up. [...] Sidelining the opposition Ortega's left-wing policies have gained him the support of many of the country's poor. Nicaragua has enjoyed moderate economic growth and avoided the endemic violence of neighboring El Salvador and Honduras, earning him further plaudits. Yet his critics point to a strong-fisted man who has connived to sideline the opposition and secured his influence and that of his allies over businesses, the military, media and state institutions. A court decision allowed Ortega to be reelected in 2011 despite a one-term limit. Congress later changed the constitution to allow unlimited presidential terms. In June, the Supreme Court ejected a leading opposition figure from his own party, a move that prevented him from running in this election. In another move in August, more than 20 opposition members of parliament were kicked out of office when they resisted a government-appointed leader for their party. Some of the opposition called for a boycott of the election, hoping that a low voter turn out will help delegitimize the vote. Power couple A reclusive leader who rarely mingles with the people or talks to the media, Ortega has been accused by critics of ruling the country through his family, just as did the Somoza regime he toppled in 1979. His 65-year-old wife Murillo, with whom he has seven biological and two adopted children, is the government's spokesperson and the minister who sets the government agenda. Many view Murillo, the public face of the regime, as sharing power with Ortega. By becoming vice president, her power would be formalized and possibly lead to her taking over from Ortega either if he steps down, or in the next election in 2021. "For the past 10 years, Mrs Murillo has assumed on many occasions the functions of head-of-state," Veronica Rueda Estrada, a Nicaragua expert and professor at Mexico's Quintana Roo University told the Agence France-Presse news agency. "Things will definitely continue like that and it's possible they will even increase, with the variable that after November 6 she will have the legitimacy of being elected," she added. Murillo's critics, including former allies of Ortega, describe her as a hard working and tough women who has systematically sidelined people around the president while acting as a gatekeeper on decision making. But the first lady is also popular, in part for her role in pushing social policies that have benefited the poor. http://www.dw.com/en/nicaragua-election-to-strengthen-ortega-power-couple/a-36281428 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Ras Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 "This is a vote for peace, for stability, for the security of Nicaraguan families,"Certainly for the security of the Ortega family. Well on his way to the President-for-life position, I see. --Soren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzermann Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 "This is a vote for peace, for stability, for the security of Nicaraguan families,"Certainly for the security of the Ortega family. Well on his way to the President-for-life position, I see. President and his wife Prime Minister has something of a royal family. Like the double king and queen of spain with Isabel la Católica and her husband Ferrando II o Catolico. It all stays in the family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 That was different, they were monarchs of their respective separate kingdoms. Perons' Argentina or Ceaucescus' Romania are more likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargrunt6 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Nicaragua is latino China: Authoritarian, but still friendly to foreign investment and the free market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucklucky Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Following the common route that Marxism ends in Fascism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BansheeOne Posted November 14, 2016 Author Share Posted November 14, 2016 Russian Allies Are Expected to Win Presidential Elections in Moldova and Bulgaria Kevin Lui 2:04 AM ET The results could prove challenging for the E.U. as it seeks to contain an assertive Moscow Russia’s geopolitical influence is set to be further strengthened, with two Eastern European countries expected to elect as their leaders candidates with links to Moscow and the Russian President, Vladimir Putin. Voters in the former Soviet bloc nations of Bulgaria and Moldova went to the polls Sunday in their respective runoff presidential elections. The New York Times reports that in both instances, an openly pro-Russia candidate would all but certainly assume the presidency. Such an outcome could plunge the European Union in further crisis, according to Reuters, as Moldova, currently yet to become an E.U. member, could possibly end its ongoing integration efforts with the regional bloc. The Times reports that pro-Russian socialist candidate Igor Dodon has plans for a referendum on whether the country should withdraw from a 2014 political-and-trade agreement with the E.U., and instead join a Russia-led Eurasian Customs Union. The country has found itself in turmoil since revelation of massive corruption came in 2014, when over $1 billion — roughly one-eighth of the whole country’s GDP — was discovered to have vanished. Locals believe that the country’s elite, largely sympathetic to the E.U., was somehow involved this graft, according to Reuters. In Bulgaria, the apparent President-elect, Rumen Radev, is a former air-force commander without political experience. Reuters reports that his pro-Moscow, anti-immigrant campaign platform has found resonance in a country coming to grips with being the poorest member state of the E.U. He has campaigned on a promise to not let Bulgaria, which borders Turkey, become “Europe’s migrant ghetto,” according to the Times. Radev also praised U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s apparent willingness to soften strained U.S.-Russia relations, according to the Times, saying that it “brings big hope for finding a peaceful resolution to the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine and avoiding further confrontation and escalation.“ http://time.com/4569330/russia-putin-allies-presidential-election-moldova-bulgaria/?xid=homepage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonJ Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 (edited) France 2017 election coming up. Seeing what Marine Le Pen is saying, if elected, it might be the final blow to the EU that knocks it down. Donald Trump's U.S. election was a victory of the people against the elite, France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Sunday, adding she hoped the French would follow suit next year and make her president. Opinion polls show National Front leader Le Pen likely to win the first round of voting next April but lose the runoff in May to whoever should be her opponent. Asked during an interview with the BBC's Andrew Marr show if Trump's victory made her own election win more likely, Le Pen said: "He made possible what had previously been presented as impossible so it is really the victory of the people against the elite." "So if I can draw a parallel with France then yes I wish that in France also the people up-end the table, the table around which the elites are dividing up what should go to the French people," she said, according to a translation into English provided by the BBC. Le Pen said she hoped all EU citizens could get the chance to express their views on the European Union through a referendum like Britain's June 23 vote, adding that "the elites would be in for another surprise" if they did ask the question. She also said there was no reason for Europe to be scared of Russian President Vladimir Putin. "We'd better, if we want a powerful Europe, negotiate with Russia, and have cooperation agreements with Russia, commercial agreements with Russia," she said, adding that it was the EU that was destabilizing Europe, not Russia. "The model that is defended by Vladimir Putin which is one of reason, protectionism, looking after the interests of his own country, defending its identity, is one that I like." Le Pen said her party had borrowed from a Russian bank but only because French banks had refused to lend to it.http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1380AZ Edited November 14, 2016 by JasonJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobius Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 I like the bit of the court allowing the government assigning the leader of the opposition party and then that party loses to the government friendly party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BansheeOne Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 WORLD NEWS | Sun Nov 20, 2016 | 7:17pm EST France's Fillon wins top spot in conservative primary, Sarkozy out By Ingrid Melander and Michel Rose | PARIS French voters defied expectations on Sunday by throwing ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy out of the race to be the conservatives' nominee for the presidential election and propelling his ex-prime minister Francois Fillon to top spot. A social conservative with economically liberal ideas, Fillon will face Alain Juppe, another ex-prime minister, in a runoff on Nov. 27 which is likely to produce France's next president in May. Long trailing his rivals in opinion polls, Fillon goes into the conservative primaries' run-off with a strong lead, the backing of defeated candidates including Sarkozy and a fresh poll that already tips him to win that second round. "I'm telling all the French, no matter who they voted for, that change is on its way to lift France up," Fillon, an admirer of late British prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, told supporters. "My fellow Frenchmen have told me, everywhere, they want to break away from a bureaucratic system which saps their energy; everywhere they told me their desire for authority," said 62-year-old Fillon, who is a rare economic liberal in largely statist France. Juppe, a moderate 71-year-old conservative campaigning on an inclusive, "happy identity" platform, had for months been ahead in polls for both the primaries and the presidential election. But he struggled to fire up voters as the election neared and seems to have suffered from constant attacks by Sarkozy calling him soft and branding him as being "hostage" to centrist allies. Once Fillon, long considered a political has-been, saw his ratings improve just over a week ago after good performances in televised debates, Juppe lost some of the "anti-Sarkozy" tactical vote to him. Sounding downcast late on Sunday, Juppe told supporters he would "carry on fighting" and billed himself as the best option to defeat far-right party leader Marine Le Pen, whom polls predict will make it to the second round of the presidential elections. With the Left very divided and a majority of voters telling pollsters they are opposed to seeing the far-right National Front in power, the chosen center-right nominee is likely to defeat Le Pen in an expected election run-off next May. But while polls have consistently shown Juppe would easily beat Le Pen, there are far fewer surveys on how Fillon would fare in such a match, in further evidence of how unexpected his top spot on Sunday was. Polls have shown that Fillon, who had received backing by opponents of France's gay marriage laws, is much less popular than Juppe amid left-wing voters, which could make it harder for him to get their vote versus Le Pen. A BVA poll in September did however show him beating Le Pen with 61 percent of votes compared with 39 percent for Le Pen were they to fight off in the presidentials' runoff, while Juppe would score 66 percent vs the far-right leader. SARKOZY COMEBACK FAILS Sarkozy, who was president in 2007-2012, was long considered a safe bet for the second round after campaigning on a hardline law-and-order platform that sought to tap into concerns over migration and security. But that strategy, though popular among grassroots voters of Les Republicains party, alienated the centrist and leftwing voters who took part in the primaries and massively backed Juppe, a Harris Interactive poll showed. Sarkozy conceded defeat and said he would now back Fillon in the runoff. "It's time for me to try a life with more private passions than public ones," he said. According to results based on 9,437 polling stations out of a total 10,229, Fillon was seen garnering 44.2 percent of the votes, Juppe 28.5 percent and Sarkozy 20.6 percent, with close to 4 million votes counted. Fillon is seen winning next Sunday's primaries' runoff with 56 percent of the votes vs 44 percent for Juppe, according to the OpinionWay poll carried out amid 3,095 voters who took part in the first round of the primaries this Sunday. The ruling Socialists and their allies are holding their own primaries in January. Socialist President Francois Hollande, who is deeply unpopular, has yet to announce whether he himself will stand again. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-election-idUSKBN13F04E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssnake Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Sounds ... somewhat promising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Its too bad, I rather liked old Sarky. He reminded me of Napoleon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssnake Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 He was voted out of office for very good reasons. Apparently people haven't forgotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Lots of Firefly fans in France, it seems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 He was voted out of office for very good reasons. Apparently people haven't forgotten.Oh, im not saying he was any good. Just entertaining, is all. I thought Chirac was pretty entertaining too, and possibly the most venal and disruptive politician since De Gaulle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzermann Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 This evening was again a big televised debate of the two candidates for austrian Bundespräsident (federal president). They did not insult each other this time around at least. The repetition of the challenged and repealed runoff ballott is scheduled for the fourth of Decembre. Question is, if this time the voting is going to be held smoothly without embarrassing mistakes. Candidates are still Alexander van der Bellen (green) and Norbert Hofer (FPÖ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Becker Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Question is, if this time the voting is going to be held smoothly without embarrassing mistakes. They could avoid all embarrassments by doing it like us. The politicians pick the candidates and the voters. Danger of unexpected and embarrassing results is zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzermann Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Question is, if this time the voting is going to be held smoothly without embarrassing mistakes. They could avoid all embarrassments by doing it like us. The politicians pick the candidates and the voters. Danger of unexpected and embarrassing results is zero.I trust our austrian friends to find a way. It is the austrian way to let five be even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzermann Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Lots of Firefly fans in France, it seems...Hollande announced today that he will not run for a second term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Becker Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I trust our austrian friends to find a way. It is the austrian way to let five be even. BTW who is our media rooting for? The other one will win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzermann Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I trust our austrian friends to find a way. It is the austrian way to let five be even. BTW who is our media rooting for? The other one will win. You have to ask? Van der Bellen is from the austrian green party. Hofer is from the evil evil FPÖ. Remember when the latter party came into government coalition in 2000? Austria was treated as if they had elected Satan, the Anti-Christ, Hitler and Dubya. Austria was treated as the european pariah and diplomatic relations were mostly cut to a minimum. In Austria the FPÖ sold this as sanctions despite economy doing business as usual and EuMPs from Austria and austrians in other EU institutions still taking part normally. What imho points to a van der Bellen victory is, that the last try at an election he got a slight lead and looking at election results the majority of austrians did not vote FPÖ. Well ÖVP voters would have to vote for a green politician. So any way it goes, it will be a thin lead for the victor. So probably the weather decides in the end by voter groups in certain areas staying home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Becker Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Rhetorical question but I get the feeling that they are somewhat silent on that election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BansheeOne Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 Also today: World News | Sun Dec 4, 2016 | 1:15am EST Italy votes in referendum with PM Renzi's future at stake By Gavin Jones | ROME Italians started to vote on Sunday in a referendum on constitutional reform which will decide the political future of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who has promised to resign if he loses. Financial markets and Europe's politicians fear victory for the opposition 'No' camp could trigger political instability and renewed turmoil for Italy's battered banks, pushing the euro zone towards a fresh crisis. Polls opened at 7 a.m. (0600 GMT), with about 51 million Italians eligible to vote on Renzi's plan to drastically reduce the role of the upper house Senate and claw back powers from regional authorities. With all the opposition parties lined up against the reform, a victory for Renzi would be a surprise and represent an enormous personal triumph for Italy's youngest prime minister who often appeared to be fighting the campaign single-handed. All surveys published in the month before a blackout was imposed on Nov. 18 put the 'No' camp ahead. Private polls have continued to be conducted in the last two weeks and bookmakers say 'No' remains the clear favorite to win. However, in the final days of frenetic campaigning Renzi insisted the public mood was changing, focusing his attention on the millions of Italians who said they were undecided. Pippo Nicosia, a stall-holder at Campo dei Fiori market in central Rome, said he would vote 'Yes' but had no doubt about the result. "'No' will win, everything will collapse so we might as well all go on holiday," he said. TURNOUT Turnout, expected at between 50 and 60 percent, could be crucial. Pollsters say lower participation could favor Renzi, as hostility to his reform is strongest among young voters and those in the poor south, segments of the population that often don't bother to vote. A turnout above 60 percent could also make the result more unpredictable, as it would suggest many voters who said they planned to abstain ended up going to the polls. With bookmakers' odds suggesting a roughly 75 percent chance of a win for 'No', speculation is rife on what Renzi will do in the event of defeat. He is widely expected to resign and has said he will play no role in any unelected, "technical" government, which President Sergio Mattarella may try to put in place. Some of his allies have urged him to stay in power regardless of the result. [...] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-referendum-idUSKBN13T019 Much has been made of a "no" leading to snap elections, the populist Five Star movement coming to power (despite their failure in government wherever they actually have been elected, like the city of Rome), Italian banks crashing, the country getting out of the Eurozone and the EU unraveling further, while another suggestion is that a caretaker technocrat government would actually resolve the country's issues much better than the reform. Anyway, after reading some reports on it, as an Italian I couldn't vote for the proposal in good conscience either; it may be well-intended, but badly-wrought, including stuff like "biggest party in elections gets bonus seats in parliament to ensure stable government" as in Greece, which I've always found democratically questionable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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