Tag: greece

Greek Neo Nazis win Parliament

In Greece yesterday, a party called “Golden Dawn” won about 7 per cent of the vote, enough for that party to enter Parliament. Check out this video of Golden Dawn leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos. His ultra-right message is scare enough but check out the black-shirted thugs beside him; the Swastika-like party symbol (it’s called a “meander” apparently). And Michaloliakos has been know to give “Heil Hitler”-style salutes. And yet, the party rejects the tag of “neo-Nazi”. In this video, from the Daily Telegraph, Michaloliakos lays out his message: Continue reading Greek Neo Nazis win Parliament

Watching elections in Kosovo, Greece and, of course, France

Voters are at the polls this weekend in France, Greece and Kosovo. Will update this post with notes, etc. as they become available:

Voter turnout in the ballot facilitation in Kosovo was reported at approximately 17 per cent by 14:00 hrs today by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo.

via OSCE Mission releases first turnout figures in balloting facilitation in Kosovo – OSCE Mission in Kosovo.

Francois Hollande
Socialist Party (PS) candidate for the 2012 French presidential election, Francois Hollande visits a village in the neighbourhoods of Tulle, southwestern France on May 6, 2012 during the second round of the election. (AFP PHOTO JEFF PACHOUD)

 

In France,  incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy is out and the champion of the Socialist Party Francois Hollande (above) is in: Continue reading Watching elections in Kosovo, Greece and, of course, France