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Right Resurgence June 8. 2009
The EU elections have proven quite victorious for the right in British and European politics. The George W. Bush recession turned depression, created a domino effect, battering incumbents in office at the time, who were mostly left wing.
The same happened in America, with the incumbent and majority party in government, the right leaning Republican party, taking a hit at the polls as well. People all over the world are fed up with this economic crisis and the damage it has created. European voters punish the left Spain's centre-right Popular Party was one of the night's big winners. Centre-right parties have done well in elections to the European Parliament at the expense of the left. Far-right and anti-immigrant parties also made gains, as turnout figures plunged to between 43 and 44%. The UK Labour Party, Germany's Social Democrats and France's Socialist Party were heading for historic defeats. Correspondents say the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) looks set to continue to hold power in the parliament... Far-right gains from Labour turmoil Sunday, 7 June 2009 - The far-right British National Party won its first seat in the European Parliament yesterday, a breakthrough that will add to pressure on Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The BNP gained the seat in the northern English region of Yorkshire and Humber at the expense of Brown's Labour Party, which has been hurt by a scandal over politicians' expenses and questions over Brown's leadership. Labour also lost a seat in Wales, a traditional stronghold, where its share of the vote slumped 12 points to 20 percent and it was beaten into second place by the centre-right Conservatives. Losing a seat to the BNP will give fresh ammunition to Brown's critics in the Labour Party after a traumatic week in which six senior ministers quit the government, one of whom called on Brown to quit and said he was an electoral liability... Merkel, Sarkozy Win EU Vote, Easing Stimulus Pressure (Update1) June 7 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy led pro-business parties in defeating socialists in European Parliament elections, lessening the pressure for more stimulus measures to fight the deepest recession since World War II. Amid signs the economic slump is bottoming out, the continent’s top two leaders escaped the drubbing in European Union-wide elections that was handed to U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and socialists in smaller countries including Spain, Austria, Portugal, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovenia. Merkel’s Christian Democrats and allied Christian Social Union racked up 38 percent of the German vote, beating the rival Social Democrats with 20.8 percent, according to preliminary results. Sarkozy’s Union for a Popular Movement scored 28 percent, beating the Socialists with 16.8 percent... |
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