Tag: European elections

European Elections in Portugal: A Failure for Bourgeois Representative Democracy – João Carreiras

  How do you see the results in Europe, in general? The election results are, in general, worrisome. Far-right and nationalist parties won in several countries (Denmark, France, England, Austria), and increased their presence in the European Parliament (EP). Another striking feature of these elections (which also happened in 2009) is the abstention rate, which …

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European Elections in France: Building a Strange European Identity – Mathieu Colloghan

Editorial note: Mathieu is a political activist in the international Red and Green Alternative network and also takes part in La Bidule. Below is a short interview we made with him right after the Elections to the European Parliament. “…we are building a European identity by achieving, in common, the worst electoral results” How do you see …

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