Germany on Saturday quickly rejected a new proposal for the European Union’s next seven-year budget as unacceptable, saying the spending cuts did not go far enough.
Germany on Saturday quickly rejected a new proposal for the European Union’s next seven-year budget as unacceptable, saying the spending cuts did not go far enough.
The story is the same in most Western countries right now; far-right candidates are leeching votes from center-right candidates by claiming that center-left candidates are socialists and bemoaning immigration that is ultimately necessary for long-term economic growth and pension program viability without racking up unsustainable debt like Japan.
Meanwhile, center-right and center-left candidates view this shift as a reflection of voter preferences and shift their platforms rightward to placate the far-right, pointing to supposedly socialist boogiemen further left than them as a defense to why their political positions are ‘reasonable’.