Belgian Election thread !

[Kralizec]

Worst elections ever.

Well, for you anyway ~:P

[Andres]

I was on a holiday during these elections. So I had an excuse for not participating.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Belgian politics can be found here.

After the last few weeks of polls, polls and polls and the reactions of our politicians on these polls, polls and polls + the various tv acts on several stupid and nonsensic televion shows from our politicians, I got utterly disgusted.

But the main reason for my disgust is the nepotism in our Belgian political parties:

SP.A: Freya Vandenbossche, Bruno Tobback, Maya Detiège
CD&V: Tom Dehaene, Marie Declerck
Open VLD: Jean Jacques De Gucht, Matthias De Clercq
Vlaams Belang : Marijke Dillen

Do I need to continue?

I'm not feeling much for that state feform

Read "Compendium van het Belgisch Staatsrecht" from André Alen. After that you'll agree that we need a state reform, but a much bigger one than that which is considered by those nepotist fools that call themselves "politicians" and who only truly want to change pretend that they are going to change what gets enough media attention. In fact, the organisation of our "federal" state should be re-done from scratch. What we have now is, well, sad. Really sad.

One example: the sound produced by an air plane flying over Belgium (a country the size of a handkerchief) has to be conform with three different regulations. I rest my case.

I am past caring about Belgian politics and allthough I am well aware that indifference is the biggest enemy of democracy, I decided for myself to a) be abroad during belgian elections (which is approximately every year ) b) vote blanco if I cannot escape the country when that awfull period is there. During election time, I will rent/buy massive amounts of DVD's to avoid all political related television programs. As far as I am concerned, they can replace our election by a soccer competition.

Looking forward to see Geert Lambert and Michel Daerden running... And Bert Anciaux crying when he gets tackled by Elio Di Rupo.

[doc_bean]

But the main reason for my disgust is the nepotism in our Belgian political parties:

Glad I'm not the only one. That said, you can ahrdly blame the politician when JJ De Gucht gets easily elected and gets much more votes to his name than you'd expect from his position on, the list. The electorate is to blame.

EDIT: Moros and I are against the state reform partially because it's always done so badly, I believe we'd both favour a complete reform from scratch, if it was actually based on common sense or objective criteria this time.

[Moros]

Indeed I'm not against a reform if it makes sense and has been tough about and ofcourse is benefitial for the population. Why bother reforming our state if dosn't help a ****, but only is used to be able to say: "we reformed the state, so we have kept our word, so keep voting for us". Cause really that's what most parties are about. NVa might care, but CD&V? Jo Vandeurzen doesn't care a bit, the only thing why the CD&V is talking about the reforms is because they know it'll get them votes. And they were right.
Really I see it to mostly why they won, they were the first not to much right winged party who talked about it. And the first big one who ciould actually get into a governement.