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European Voters Are Revolting; France Warns "Situation Is Grave For Europe"

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/26/2014 07:44 -0400

Just as we had warned in the run-up to the European elections - and England's UKIP victory in local elections had suggested; Anti-European-Union parties are showing strongly in this weekend's elections. Anxiety is spreading among the status quo as Greece's anti-austerity party SYRIZA wins and perhaps even more worryingly in supposed core of the union France's Nationalist party is leading in a "political earthquake" success:

• EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS MUST RESPOND TO CITIZENS' ANGER: VALLS
• FRANCE'S VALLS SAYS 'SITUATION IS GRAVE FOR FRANCE, EUROPE'
• DRAGHI SAYS PEOPLE VOTING ACROSS EUROPE ARE CLEARLY DISENGAGED

Disengaged? - or totally pissed off with promises that never materialize and wealth that only trickles down to the uber-richest and uber-elitest.

No wonder France is worried...

Anti-establishment parties were gaining ground in other parts of the EU too (following UKIP's lead in the UK).

In France, exit polls setting the anti-immigrant, far right National Front up for its first success in a national election.

In Greece, exit polls had the far-left SYRIZA party leading with 26-30 per cent of the vote, ahead of the ruling conservative New Democracy Party. SYRIZA, whose leader, Alexis Tsipras, is running for European Commission president, has campaigned vociferously against the austerity that was part of the EU's response to its economic crisis.

In Austria, the right-wing FPOe came in third with 20 per cent, while the anti-immigrant Danish People's Party was set to take the biggest share of the vote in that Nordic country, according to exit polls and initial projections.

In Finland, the anti-immigrant True Finns party was projected to win two of the country's 13 seats in the European Parliament, adding one seat to its previous tally.

In Germany, the far-right National Democratic Party - which has many overtly neo-Nazi supporters - could be on course to win its first seat in the legislature, according to projections. Germany's anti-euro Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) is also set to make its debut in the parliament after capturing 6.5 per cent of the German vote, a public television exit poll showed.

In Belgium: *FLEMISH NATIONALISTS LEAD IN BELGIAN ELECTION, 1ST RESULTS SHOW

But it's not just France, Anti-EU parties are winning across Europe...

h/t @WikiGuido

Who coulda seen that coming?

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And so the propoganda begins...

• DRAGHI SAYS PEOPLE VOTING ACROSS EUROPE ARE CLEARLY DISENGAGED
• *SCHAEUBLE SAYS EU VOTE SHOWS 'WE CAN KEEP WORKING' ON EUROPE
• *SCHAEUBLE SAYS SUPPORT FOR ANTI-EURO PARTY DIDN'T INCREASE

Umm - yeah it did... but when it gets serious - you have to lie!!!

Charts: Bloomberg

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-0...n-grave-europe

The Collective Borg Hive is losing control

http://www.alipac.us/f19/europe-vote...9/#post1414054

Michelle Malkin

Can you believe this is my alma mater?

Obama’s Labor Secretary preaches collectivism to Oberlin grads ==> http://twitchy.com/2014/05/26/nothin...oberlin-grads/

Right Storm Rising

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/25/2014 18:50 -0400

With England's euro-skeptic UKIP expected to win what will be the first insurgent party victory since 1910 and France's establishment concerned of "grave consequences" for the European Union following the National Front's win; given the strong turnout Europe-wide, the rise of the anti-European Union right is clear to see...



h/t @luebue

And things are not looking good elsewhere...

Pablo Rodríguez @Suanzes Follow

Spain: Incumbent Popular Party + Socialist Party had 80% of the votes in 2009. Today, 49% . That's it fellas.

5:46 PM - 25 May 2014

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-0...t-storm-rising

TO THE RIGHT: Stark warning from Europe's voters...



Rise of Marine Le Pen...

Hollande holds crisis talks...




STAR IS BORN: FARAGE...



http://drudgereport.com/

American Conservatives Might Learn A Thing Or Two From Friends Across The Pond


May 27, 2014 by Sam Rolley


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The political establishment in Britain was rocked last week as the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) — a political upstart for conservatives across the pond who would likely agree with many of the Tea Party’s positions — cleaned up at local elections.
The New York Times reported Friday:

The populist U.K. Independence Party is on course to make sweeping gains in local elections in Britain, according to early results on Friday, delivering a blow to its established rivals and confirming its role as an emerging political force.
The two parties that govern Britain in a coalition, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, suffered a battering as the first results were announced from Thursday’s voting. The opposition Labour Party made gains, but they appeared less substantial than its supporters had hoped. After results from 59 councils had been declared, Labour had gained 94 seats, and the U.K. Independence Party had gained 86 seats.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage described the victories in local council elections as the beginnings of the U.K.’s “biggest political earthquake in 100 years.” While UKIP doesn’t have any members in parliament, the local elections have sown the seeds for the once marginalized party to become a political force to be reckoned with. Most importantly, the new seats will give UKIP the political leverage to win parliamentary elections set to take place next year.
With all of the political problems going on in the U.S. today, you may be asking why anything political in the U.K. should matter to U.S. conservatives.
The democratic, libertarian UKIP has existed since 1993, though—much like anything bearing libertarian semblance in the United States— has historically been ridiculed and marginalized in tag-team fashion by opposing factions of the U.K. political establishment. In recent years, the party has successfully grown its ranks thanks in large part to populist support of its mission to withdraw the nation from the European Union and increase immigration controls.
Farage, a founding member of the party, has headed UKIP since being elected leader in 2006 and again in 2010. Under his leadership, the Party has gained considerable ground in U.K. politics.
In his official bio on the UKIP website, Farage is described—in part—thusly:

A firm believer in Independence for the United Kingdom he is a proponent of free speech and has faced considerable hostility from his political opponents for speaking out in favour of free and fair referendums on the transfer of power from elected politicians to the EU.
In his very rare spare time he likes fishing, country sports and traditional English pubs. However, most of his time is spent travelling around the country and other countries in the EU telling the truth about the European Union.

In other words, Farage is an average guy. He likes beer, fishing and freedom. And, based on the results of the most recent round of elections, his countrymen have noticed.
Success also draws attention from the political establishment, which—as is the case in most countries—isn’t comprised of average people in the U.K. But the power structure, unable to connect with the average masses most anywhere, have created an effective farce to curry favor with voters. That is, find ways to label the most patriotic, understanding and tolerant citizens of any nation as the most unpatriotic, uneducated and anti-diversity class of people around.
Just as the U.S. Libertarian Party and libertarian-leaning Republicans have been accused of being, at least, insensitive to the poor and, at worst, racist, UKIP has been maligned by the political establishment.
Take, for instance, this parody map published in the U.K. version of Huffington Post:

If that looks familiar, it’s because conservatives in the U.S. have been smeared similarly on numerous occasions by the Nation’s left.
The criticisms in both cases, however, don’t come exclusively from the left.
Here’s how establishment Prime Minister David Cameron, who describes himself as a “liberal conservative” described Farage and his UKIP compatriots back in 2006, “Ukip is sort of a bunch of … fruit cakes and loonies and closet racists mostly.”
Similarly in the U.S., Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), disagreeing with the foreign policy opinions of libertarian-leaning Republicans like Senators Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Representative Justin Amash (R-Mich.), proclaimed last year, “They were elected, nobody believes that there was a corrupt election, anything else. But I also think that when, you know, it’s always the wacko birds on right and left that get the media megaphone.”
It’s obvious to the majority of citizens that the status quo isn’t working in politics—therefore, voters are supporting unconventional politicians. On both sides of the pond, those new-elects are derided as racists, fruitcakes and wackos.
But there remains a difference in the political systems of the U.S. and U.K. that could, within a decade, determine which nation makes the biggest strides in the name of liberty: the importance of local elections.
The U.K.’s recent charge toward conservatism ensures that UKIP will have a chance in upcoming Parliamentary—similar to U.S. Congressional—elections. But the seats to which many of the UKIP politicians have been elected are much lower-key battlegrounds than the average U.S. Congressional elections.
Meanwhile, voters in the U.S. continue to support incumbent candidates in Congressional primaries even at a time when public polling registers Congressional approval at all-time lows.
If Americans are going to change the Nation’s two-party system, patience will be important. But by electing candidates who eschew the political establishment at the local and State levels, voters can make it easier to enact change in the U.S.’s national political system with time.

http://personalliberty.com/american-...s-across-pond/

France Hikes Taxes, "Wildly Inaccurate Projections" Hilarity Ensues

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/28/2014 10:04 -0400

Having suffered a dismal confidence-sapping defeat in last weekend's elections, Francois Hollande's French government is at the center of another embarrassing faux pas this morning. Somewhat famously, Hollande has raised income tax, VAT and corporation tax since he was elected two years ago... and government forecast EUR30bn of extra tax income. As The BBC reports, the actual amount gained... EUR16bn (leaving a EUR14bn black hole) and forcing The Court of Auditors to proclaim that "forecasts of tax revenue in 2013 were so wildly inaccurate that they cast doubt on its forecasts for this year." Mon Dieu... they lied?

As The BBC reports, the French government faces a 14bn-euro black hole in its public finances after overestimating tax income for the last financial year.

French President Francois Hollande has raised income tax, VAT and corporation tax since he was elected two years ago.

The Court of Auditors said receipts from all three taxes amounted to an extra 16bn euros in 2013.

That was a little more than half the government's forecast of 30bn euros of extra tax income.

The Court of Auditors, which oversees the government's accounts, said the Elysee Palace's forecasts of tax revenue in 2013 were so wildly inaccurate that they cast doubt on its forecasts for this year.

Of course, the French are not the only egregious liars projecting and forecasting any old crap to justify their bloated expenses... just look at what the IMF propjects for Ukraine's V-shaped recovery...(more on that later)

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-0...ilarity-ensues

A Quarter Of Europeans Are At Risk Of Poverty

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/29/2014 20:37 -0400

Wondering why the extreme left (we are not happy and need moar bailouts) and extreme right (this European 'union' thing is not working out so well for us) have become so euro-skeptic? Perhaps the following chart from Bloomberg Brief's Niraj Shah will clear up any questions. The ratio of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU increased by 0.5 percentage points in 2012 to 24.8% or 124.2 million people, according to figures updated this week. The risk increased most in bailed-out nations Greece and Cyprus, where the rate rose by 3.6 and 2.5 percentage points, respectively. The Netherlands had the lowest risk at 15%.



Source @economistniraj


http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-0...e-risk-poverty