2012-09-09

Golden Dawn still rising in Greece

It is as I've said previously on this blog: voters want change and they will keep voting until they get it. If the party in power fails to deliver change, the voters will change the party in power. Since the centrist parties continue to pursue the policies of the past, with only slight changes, voters increasingly will turn to fringe parties. It isn't enough to have new rhetoric, there must be real policy shifts that radically change course. Socialists offering more socialism or capitalists offering more capitalism are out of luck: voters don't want extreme versions of existing policies, they want new policies.

Changes can come to any policy area as long as they signal a change in direction, and with nationalism rising, immigration is a perfect area for change. Due to radical immigration policies in force across the Western world and the almost unanimous defense of these laws by the Western elite, a rejection of immigration laws signals a party has no problem opposing the Western elite that dominate the EU, IMF, ECB and other supranational organizations directing the crisis response. In the case of Greece, if Golden Dawn is willing to take an unpopular stand on immigration that will draw condemnation from leaders across the West, it's not a stretch to think they'll also have no problem taking similarly unpopular action with regards to a Greek euro exit or Greek default on euro debt.

Greece's Main Opposition Syriza Leads in Polls
Greece's anti-bailout leftist Syriza party would win if elections were held today, while ultranationalists Golden Dawn would become the third-largest party in parliament, a poll showed Friday.

According to a survey prepared by VPRC polling agency and published in Ellada Avrio newspaper, the opposition Syriza party would garner 30% of the vote, while conservatives New Democracy--who lead the coalition government--got 28% of the support.

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