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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

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mylye2222

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Wed Apr 15, 2015, 09:42 AM Apr 2015

French Politics Also Need Of A Lefty Populist Reform [View all]

I cant but the more than agree will all of you in that room regarding a need of more people turned rethoric towards voters.

Because French politics suffer the same.

We are now rulled by a Left , Progressive suppised government. I voted for Hollande because , although I would have preferred a more progressive candidates ( I voted for Martine Aubry in last Socialist primary) he was of course better than that Republican clone of Sarkozy ( who btw is going tho rename his party The Republicans)
But yet since they are in power, our executives, apart the gay marrriage law, had really close to zero progressive laws and reform now. More over, they kind of bow before Brussels EU neoliberalism by voting a new law deregulating the Working Code. And lets not speak about the new intelligznce law , written by the Assemblée nationale, witch has certain similarites with Patriot Act.

Even the last Socialist governement, witch at the time (1997-2002, Lionel Jospin Governement) was seen by many lefties too much right leaning, did more to us than the actual one ( Housing bill, Universal Healthcare).

SO what happend? The struggling class people now are turning towards Far Right NationalFront, because of this, but also because Marine Le Pen uses that populist rethoric she managed to recuperate , even using left ideas ( now she says she wants to raise our minimal wage).

From 2002 to now, France is being slowly but surely hijacked by Neocon and Fascism politics.

The French Main Lefty Party needs the Same reform as your party.

But I am afraid it wont happen until we previously had to suffer either another Sarkozy's term , or even witness fascist Marine Le Pen sit down in the Elysee Palace.




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