Ah yes, we do have the best protest parties![]()
About Wallony and the PS: I hope they'll lose in a few decades at least. Something i've noticed with 'our' system is that parties always reinvent themselves after a loss, which tends to mean new people with fresh ideas who are not totally jaded (and corrupt) yet. They'll still win this time though, since they have the unquestionable support of the poorest region of the country (and nearly of Europe, if what we're led to believe is true).
The PS represents everything that's wrong with socialism. keep the poor down so they keep voting for you![]()
About the Catholics: I believe they were much like the PS now is, an arrogant organization sure of its power, and thus rife with corruption.
It's truly amazing imo how much has changed for our country in the last decade, when they weren't in control anymore, unfortunately, the liberals don't receive too much credit for what they've achieved. Yet our economy seems to be booming, we survived the recession mid-decade with barely a scratch, we've still got our great healthcare system, we have gay marriage and euthanasia now, and better yet, it hasn't destroyed society as some right winger would assume, we've semi-legalized pot (not fully legalizing it was a big mistake though), confidence in the justice system has increased from a mere 18% to nearly 50% (though if it's based on fact is another issue), taxes have generally gone down, or are allocated differently, youth unemployement this year is down 40% compared to last year (according to the figures recently released) and for the first time the same is true for our immigrants' children.
Of course, people focus on the negative, and true their are some issues, but I don't feel they weigh up to what has happened.
The Catholics really know what they are doing now, they barely have a program, they just claim to make better 'ministers' than the current generation of liberals. They're also allied to some idiotic separatist movement who believes we'll all be making much more money if we dump wallony. They might be right, but so effing what ? Are we going to dump all provinces that don't make enough cash to stay in our glorious union ? L'unité fait la force *is* still our national motto. Now, they're not extreme separatists, I expect them to stay reasonable in the coming negotiations, but I still the catholics should have left them to themselves. It would have only cost them a few West Flemish votes (I love a lot of things about the West Flemish, but let's just say they tend to be very focused on their own little village/city/province).
about Vlaams belang: they're allied with LePen in the EU parliament I believe![]()
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