From Portugal to Denmark, progressive and working-class voters are turning their backs on center-left parties who fail to address the affordability crisis and pursue centrist policies.
  • JensSpahnpasta@feddit.orgEnglish
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    17 days ago

    One reason is that the owner of Politico is giving his media direct instructions to run campaigns against center left and green parties in order to push conservative and right wing parties.

    • gian English
      2·
      17 days ago

      Maybe another reason is that the center left continually ignore what the people are asking their government to do or that the center left is completely dissociated from the reality.

      I mean, if with a war going on in the middle east and all its consequences on the international commerce, the left’s (Italian to be precise and fair) priority in the european parliament is the battle over the air trasport of musical instruments (source in Italian) maybe there is a reason beyond the “someone is doing campaigns against center left and green parties”

      Also, as long as the center left in some way justify crimes “just because the criminal is from $UNLUCKY_GROUP_OF_THE_DAY”, I think the situation is pretty clear.

      • Pip@feddit.orgOPEnglish
        12·
        17 days ago

        Thank you for acknowledging that the center left parties are making genuine mistakes.

      • 5715@feddit.orgEnglish
        9·
        17 days ago

        Und selbst zwei Tage vor der Wahl schrieb Döpfner an Reichelt: “Please Stärke die FDP. Wenn die sehr stark sind können sie in Ampel so autoritär auftreten dass die platzt. Und dann Jamaika funktioniert.”

  • Pip@feddit.orgOPEnglish
    2·
    17 days ago

    The unwillingness to self-criticize among the center left was amply demonstrated by some commentators here. QED