The Ecstatic said:

I'm just wondering how much the migrant crisis had to do with her resignation.

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The Ecstatic said:

I'm just wondering how much the migrant crisis had to do with her resignation.

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The Ecstatic said:

I gotta chuckle at "anti immigration Freedom Party," but hey, this is democracy in action. The people are exercising their vote how they see fit. Even if I disagree with it, theres not much of an argument to be made.


I still maintain that the majority of inertia put into the anti migrant political movement is based on fear, and not some pure economic concern.

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qman said:

The Ecstatic said:

I gotta chuckle at "anti immigration Freedom Party," but hey, this is democracy in action. The people are exercising their vote how they see fit. Even if I disagree with it, theres not much of an argument to be made.


I still maintain that the majority of inertia put into the anti migrant political movement is based on fear, and not some pure economic concern.

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"Based on fear" could be true if the migrants haven't already arrived in their homeland, their mindset is now based on the reality of what has already occurred, which is a complete disaster.

"not pure economic concern"

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to recognize that this social experiment gone bad is also going to be a massive economic cost to the Austrian people.

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viktor said:

National Socialist groups are going to keep picking up seats as long as the leftist parties keep betraying their own people.

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The Ecstatic said:

viktor said:

National Socialist groups are going to keep picking up seats as long as the leftist parties keep betraying their own people.

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"Betraying" how?

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viktor said:

The Ecstatic said:

viktor said:

National Socialist groups are going to keep picking up seats as long as the leftist parties keep betraying their own people.

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"Betraying" how?

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Mass immigration makes it much harder for the working class in the targeted countries. Now the working class has to contend with massively increased competition for housing, jobs etc. The leftist parties are supposed to represent the poor of the country that voted them in.

This is the basis for the resentment that has caused the rise of the far-right. It is also why the far-right will continue to rise as long as mass immigration continues.

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viktor said:

The Ecstatic said:

viktor said:

National Socialist groups are going to keep picking up seats as long as the leftist parties keep betraying their own people.

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"Betraying" how?

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Mass immigration makes it much harder for the working class in the targeted countries. Now the working class has to contend with massively increased competition for housing, jobs etc. The leftist parties are supposed to represent the poor of the country that voted them in.

This is the basis for the resentment that has caused the rise of the far-right. It is also why the far-right will continue to rise as long as mass immigration continues.

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Tipote said:

viktor said:

The Ecstatic said:

viktor said:

National Socialist groups are going to keep picking up seats as long as the leftist parties keep betraying their own people.

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"Betraying" how?

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Mass immigration makes it much harder for the working class in the targeted countries. Now the working class has to contend with massively increased competition for housing, jobs etc. The leftist parties are supposed to represent the poor of the country that voted them in.

This is the basis for the resentment that has caused the rise of the far-right. It is also why the far-right will continue to rise as long as mass immigration continues.

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I agree with what youre saying. It comes down to the numbers involved and the infrastructure capabilities. There is a transition when any new immigrant comes but in the long term, there is a increase in jobs with the increase of people to an extent. Housing has always been a problem in the UK which is partly why immigrant populations tend to be grouped together in areas of the country where the housing is cheap - because no one wants to live there..

This also partly explains the reemergence of the left in Europe too. Those "leftist" parties like New Labour betrayed the left too by selling out to big business. The rise of the left and right is coming from the incompetence and failures of mainstream parties in general.  Cameron's conservatives are closer to Blair's Labour than Corbyn's Labour.

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The Ecstatic said:

What else is he supposed to say?

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Maybe nothing, since when is the sex of the candidate so important?  Forget policy and key issues, Hillary has a vagina so she gets my vote!

qman said:

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/05/12/poll-massive-majority-german-across-political-spectrum-reject-islam-migrant-crisis/

"The number of Germans who say Islam does not belong in their country has risen from over half to over 60 percent in two years"

"A similar poll published in France last week found...There was a 'total rejection' of Islam from across the political spectrum, with a further 47 percent saying Muslims threatened France's identity."

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viktor said:

Yes, there may be some more jobs, but an increase in immigration brings with it a decrease in working-class solidarity, which means labour organisations like unions become much weaker.

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It's not a coincidence that the USA, with its great diversity, has very weak unions and poor labour conditions, whereas Finland, with very little diversity, has strong unions and high wages.

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The left did the bidding of the capitalists and the banks when they opened the borders. Thus, they betrayed the people who put them in power.

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qman said:

"there is an increase of jobs with the increase of people"

Not really, on a relative basis the unemployment rate will move higher as the economy can NOT absorb these people into the workforce.

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Does having more law enforcement to deal with the increase in crime create more jobs?  Yes, but that doesn't create economic prosperity, all it does is burden the already insolvent government which lowers the standard of living for the native population.

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The official second estimate of eurozone growth has been revised down slightly from 0.6% to 0.5% in the first quarter of the year.

The data, from the Eurostat agency, also revised the annual GDP estimate down a touch to 1.5% from 1.6%.

However, the agency said that the vast majority of the 19-country bloc that uses the euro saw higher growth.

Only Latvia and Greece saw growth fall. Germany, the biggest economy, more than doubled its growth rate.

It grew by 0.7% between January and March, compared with 0.3% in the final quarter of 2015.

Annual growth was estimated at 1.3% compared with a year ago.

Germany's trade surplus shrank after imports grew more quickly than exports over the period thanks to strong domestic demand.

Destatis said that both private households and the German government increased their spending and investments were also higher.

Mild weather helped to increase construction.

Meanwhile, French GDP rose by 0.5% and in Italy, the third largest economy, growth was 0.3%. Spain expanded by 0.8%.

Greece's and Latvia's economies contracted by 0.4% and 0.1% respectively.

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