Elections in Greece and France have rocked Europe today, the
markets turned down as the news of a socialist president in France came in. In Greece
the majority of people voted for anti-austerity parties, yet the pro-austerity
party New Democracy managed to come in first. Although New Democracy came
first, they did not win a majority of seats so attempted to form a coalition
but was unable to. As a result it is now up to the party that came second, the “Coalition
of the left” to try and form a coalition. If no party is able to form a
coalition then the Greeks will have to vote again.
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| The Golden Dawn Logo is very close to the Swastika |
What was more worrying in the Greek elections was the rise
of the neo-Nazi party, Golden Dawn which got 7% of the vote. Golden Dawn
opposes the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution and supports Hellenism and Greek Orthodoxy. This bizarre party is entirely legitimate and not a comedy
party as you might hope. They genuinely oppose science, modern medicine and
anything remotely modern, I do believe these people are beyond reasonable
discussion and I hope their rise does not go beyond 7%.
Back in France Hollande has promised Europe and alternative
to austerity and that there is hope for growth and restoration of Europe’s
battered economy. Despite having a radically different viewpoint to Merkel they
have both stressed the importance of the Franco-German relationship and that it
will always remain amicable. Most people
do believe that even though Hollande and Merkel have difference opinions they
will try and work together, after all both people only want to keep the
Eurozone strong and continue with the European project… They just have very
different views of how to get there.
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| The new face of France... and Europe? |
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