Misc. European politics

[KidTDragon]

 

[Anonymous X]

See, if the centre-left Democratic Party and the Five Star Movement had acted sensibly and kept their tentative alliance, and ideally if the liberals hadn’t petulantly split from the centre-left, the right-wing coalition wouldn’t have won. Or they’d have only narrowly won. The right-wingers have got a big majority mostly due to the new Italian electoral system (mostly FPTP seats, far less proportional) working so strongly against the centre-left and liberals all splitting each other’s votes.

The only consolation is that the right-wing coalition still don’t have the 2/3 majority needed to tear up Italy’s postwar constitution. Hopefully the opposition parties will learn a hard lesson too.

 

[Anonymous X]

Croatia ditches currency to adopt euro and join border-free EU zone

Croatia switched to the shared European currency and removed dozens of border checkpoints to join world's largest passport-free travel area

www.independent.co.uk

Croatia is a much more sensible nation than Britain.

 

[Ironbite4]

Every nation in the world is a more sensible nation then Britain.

Ironbite-that does include Russia.

 

[Pocket]

Every nation except the US, I'd venture.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

Where do you think we got it from?