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Nationalists and Populists Poised to Dominate European Balloting
Bloomberg Business Week ^ | October 19, 2016 | Carol Matlack

Posted on 10/20/2016 10:23:59 PM PDT by Az Joe

May America lead the way on November 8th.

As Europeans assess the fallout from the U.K.’s Brexit referendum, they face a series of elections that could equally shake the political establishment. In the coming 12 months, four of Europe’s five largest economies have votes that will almost certainly mean serious gains for right-wing populists and nationalists. Once seen as fringe groups, France’s National Front, Italy’s Five Star Movement, and the Freedom Party in the Netherlands have attracted legions of followers by tapping discontent over immigration, terrorism, and feeble economic performance. “The Netherlands should again become a country of and for the Dutch people,” says Evert Davelaar, a Freedom Party backer who says immigrants don’t share “Western and Christian values.”


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: balloting; european

1 posted on 10/20/2016 10:23:59 PM PDT by Az Joe
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To: Az Joe

All of this is leading toward the shock year of 2019....where in the spring, there will be a EU representative election. With populist themes going up in a dozen-odd EU countries....you can expect at least a quarter...to half...of the EU body in 2019 will be gone. This worries some people, particularly if this was their ‘full-time’ job.


2 posted on 10/20/2016 10:42:24 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice

God we need America to lead on this November 8th!


3 posted on 10/20/2016 10:47:26 PM PDT by Az Joe (Desu Hov Vult!! The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time....)
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To: Az Joe

Only a right-wing sweep can save Europe. I hope they pull it off, but it will be an uphill battle. Snowflake-ism is an epidemic over there.


4 posted on 10/20/2016 10:50:17 PM PDT by Gunpowder green
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To: Az Joe

Hopefully Marion Le Pen. I’d like to see her at some state dinners! And I don’t care that she’s French!


5 posted on 10/20/2016 10:55:19 PM PDT by delete306
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To: delete306

Me and you both! Just keep her away from Hillary!


6 posted on 10/20/2016 11:12:09 PM PDT by Az Joe (Desu Hov Vult!! The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time....)
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To: delete306

She eats Roquefort.


7 posted on 10/21/2016 2:28:40 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (Trump-Pence 2016: No full-term Governors!)
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To: Az Joe

bookmark


8 posted on 10/21/2016 2:42:52 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: Az Joe

Like-minded Westerners around the globe are finally pushing back against the load of crap they have been sold and had forced on them for the last 40-50 years.


9 posted on 10/21/2016 2:46:28 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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