Despite Euro elections using proportional representation, debate has been dominated by questionable ideas about tactical voting imported from Britain's broken electoral system.
A heves kritikákat kiváltó miniszterelnök, Orbán Viktor épp, hogy elnyerte a kétharmados többséget a tavalyi választáson. Szavazatszámlálók választási csalást emlegetnek - és jelzik, miként ismétlődhet meg mindez idén újra.
“Far from rejecting the ‘establishment’ they criticize, the League has always represented the interests of corporate powers, as well as rich and powerful people.”
As the European elections get under way, let us avoid conspiratorial geopolitics. Focusing on sinister figures is politically debilitating, presuming a priori that these forces will determine the course of events.
In March, I travelled from London to Verona, Italy to join a historic protest for women’s and LGBTIQ rights – while Matteo Salvini, from the far-Right Lega party, received a standing ovation at a key summit of ultra-conservative activists.Watch the film 'Solidarity is in the air' on YouTube
“I’m not neutral in this debate, as I’m an anti-Zionist diasporic Israeli Jew most of whose family have been murdered by the Nazis… and I have fought against the homogenizing and reifying effects of identity politics.”
Public ownership means we can reinvest profits in improving services rather than lining shareholders’ pockets – while also improving health and tackling climate breakdown.
When a young woman embarrassed Matteo Salvini during another of his endless stream of selfies a week or so back: “do that again”, he told her and “we'll break your finger”.
