• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 18:58
CEST 00:58
KST 07:58
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Power Rank - Esports World Cup 202547RSL Season 1 - Final Week9[ASL19] Finals Recap: Standing Tall15HomeStory Cup 27 - Info & Preview18Classic wins Code S Season 2 (2025)16
Community News
BSL Team Wars - Bonyth, Dewalt, Hawk & Sziky teams4Weekly Cups (July 14-20): Final Check-up0Esports World Cup 2025 - Brackets Revealed19Weekly Cups (July 7-13): Classic continues to roll8Team TLMC #5 - Submission re-extension4
StarCraft 2
General
Power Rank - Esports World Cup 2025 Jim claims he and Firefly were involved in match-fixing RSL Revival patreon money discussion thread RSL Season 1 - Final Week The GOAT ranking of GOAT rankings
Tourneys
Esports World Cup 2025 Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament Sea Duckling Open (Global, Bronze-Diamond) FEL Cracov 2025 (July 27) - $8000 live event RSL: Revival, a new crowdfunded tournament series
Strategy
How did i lose this ZvP, whats the proper response
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation #239 Bad Weather Mutation # 483 Kill Bot Wars Mutation # 482 Wheel of Misfortune Mutation # 481 Fear and Lava
Brood War
General
Ginuda's JaeDong Interview Series BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ ASL20 Preliminary Maps BSL Team Wars - Bonyth, Dewalt, Hawk & Sziky teams BW General Discussion
Tourneys
CSL Xiamen International Invitational [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [CSLPRO] It's CSLAN Season! - Last Chance [BSL 2v2] ProLeague Season 3 - Friday 21:00 CET
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers I am doing this better than progamers do.
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Nintendo Switch Thread [MMORPG] Tree of Savior (Successor of Ragnarok) Path of Exile CCLP - Command & Conquer League Project
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread The Games Industry And ATVI Stop Killing Games - European Citizens Initiative
Fan Clubs
SKT1 Classic Fan Club! Maru Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[\m/] Heavy Metal Thread Anime Discussion Thread Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece Korean Music Discussion
Sports
2024 - 2025 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 NBA General Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Installation of Windows 10 suck at "just a moment" Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Ping To Win? Pings And Their…
TrAiDoS
momentary artworks from des…
tankgirl
from making sc maps to makin…
Husyelt
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Socialism Anyone?
GreenHorizons
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 602 users

European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread - Page 695

Forum Index > General Forum
Post a Reply
Prev 1 693 694 695 696 697 1413 Next
Although this thread does not function under the same strict guidelines as the USPMT, it is still a general practice on TL to provide a source with an explanation on why it is relevant and what purpose it adds to the discussion. Failure to do so will result in a mod action.
a_flayer
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Netherlands2826 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-03-05 01:30:52
March 05 2017 01:30 GMT
#13881
On March 05 2017 09:07 LegalLord wrote:
Apparently 71% of Frenchmen want Fillon out: http://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/SONDAGE-71-des-Francais-souhaitent-que-Fillon-retire-sa-candidature-851975

Got it from a Russian summary of that article, anything else of interest beyond that factoid?

Looks like even amongst his party supporters only about half of them actually want him as a candidate. Somehow, an astonishing 7% still seem to think he is the embodiment of honesty and ethics.
When you came along so righteous with a new national hate, so convincing is the ardor of war and of men, it's harder to breathe than to believe you're a friend. The wars at home, the wars abroad, all soaked in blood and lies and fraud.
RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6209 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-03-05 09:32:00
March 05 2017 09:29 GMT
#13882
On March 05 2017 03:26 bardtown wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 05 2017 02:36 RvB wrote:
On March 04 2017 19:52 bardtown wrote:
It's far too easy to call someone a fascist and provide absolutely no evidence in the current political climate. Can you provide me with any proof that Geert Wilders is a fascist and not, as he claims, somebody who cares about liberal values in his own country? Have all the Dutch people who support him been hoodwinked, or are they all fascists too? Anyone who has been to the Netherlands or knows anything about its history knows that this is one of the most liberal and tolerant places on the planet.

You should try to understand how counterintuitive your behaviour is, because it furthers the agenda you seek to argue against. If you want moderate discussion of controversial issues then you cannot call someone a fascist every time they talk about them. This makes the moderate politicians afraid to bring the issues up, despite the fact that they are hugely concerning to the electorate, which creates a vacuum within the discussion which only those who do not care about your opinion can fill.

Anyway, for you to make those accusations with such confidence I am sure you must have ample and convincing evidence. Please do share.

Wilders follows some liberal values of our country like gay rights and things but he's very selective. The closing of mosques and prohibition of the Koran has nothing to do with liberalism and tolerance. So while The Netherlands is very liberal in some regards that doesn't mean Wilders is.

Yes, understood. I think he goes too far but there is a kernel of truth in the notion that tolerating intolerance on the basis that tolerance is a virtue is somewhat paradoxical. If moderates were taking this concern seriously then there would be much less draw to those who cross the line.

There is some truth to it yes. What I'm having the most issue with is that they're only applying this logic to a specific subset of people (usually people of muslim origin). We have a very christian conservative party (SGP) which is for the death penalty, didn't have any women represeting the party untill forced by the court, is against assisted suicide etc. Living in a very christian village I know a lot of people who still think that women shouldn't be able to become priests and they're still against people being gay. These are all against the liberal values of our country yet I don't hear anyone complaining about them.The constitution and our laws are what protect our liberal values and they apply to everyone equally.
Biff The Understudy
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
France7888 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-03-05 10:08:35
March 05 2017 10:06 GMT
#13883
On March 05 2017 10:30 a_flayer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 05 2017 09:07 LegalLord wrote:
Apparently 71% of Frenchmen want Fillon out: http://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/SONDAGE-71-des-Francais-souhaitent-que-Fillon-retire-sa-candidature-851975

Got it from a Russian summary of that article, anything else of interest beyond that factoid?

Looks like even amongst his party supporters only about half of them actually want him as a candidate. Somehow, an astonishing 7% still seem to think he is the embodiment of honesty and ethics.

7% is really nothing.

I don't believe he'll make it to the elections. His friends are leaving the boat and the party is actively preparing his replacement.

I'm a bit amazed that the french people are so surprised that the former head of the most corrupt government France has had since the war was not a beacon of honesty and integrity.
The fellow who is out to burn things up is the counterpart of the fool who thinks he can save the world. The world needs neither to be burned up nor to be saved. The world is, we are. Transients, if we buck it; here to stay if we accept it. ~H.Miller
TheDwf
Profile Joined November 2011
France19747 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-03-05 20:20:42
March 05 2017 20:19 GMT
#13884
So; the latest events regarding Fillon's campaign:

1. More and more elected representatives from his party stopped supporting him (almost 300 as of now).
2. Three presidents of big regions (2 of them being quite symbolic because they were won against the FN, including one against Marine Le Pen) want to meet with Fillon tomorrow to convince him to withdraw; they talk about a “respectful exit”.
3. Sarkozy and Juppé (the potential substitute) talked to each other yesterday. Sarkozy apparently thinks that it “cannot go on like this”.

Now, there was a demonstration today at Paris to support Fillon. 50k people were expected. Some clown from Fillon's team announced 200k people at the rally (in a place where you can gather 50k people at most... 200k people would mean that there were 10 persons per m² [square metre] ...). An hour later, he even announced “between 250 and 300k” lol. More credible sources say that there were between 30 and 40k people. Fillon talked at this meeting in quite an offensive way, but did not formally say that he would “stick until the end”.

A few hours later, at the TV news (he had cancelled the interview earlier in the day... before accepting it again; note that he cancelled a radio interview tomorrow), Fillon said that he does maintain his candidature. He claimed that the success of the demonstration (he used the absurd 200k figure) means that people still support him. He said that no one but him can decide to withdraw. He repeated that TINA (!).

Basically he refuses that the party unplugs him in the backstage. He said this because an exceptional UMP/LR Politburo is summoned tomorrow at 18:00 to talk about Fillon's candidature. I think he wants to make it clear that he and only he is holding the cards. The tenors are trying to push him very carefully towards the exit, but Fillon is playing the angry base vs the party à la Trump.

Juppé announced that he will talk tomorrow at 10:30.

Next House of Sarthe episode on air tomorrow...
LegalLord
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
United Kingdom13775 Posts
March 05 2017 20:23 GMT
#13885
Some polls have started subbing Juppe for Fillon. Meaningful?
History will sooner or later sweep the European Union away without mercy.
Nyxisto
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany6287 Posts
March 05 2017 20:30 GMT
#13886
Seems unreasonable of Fillon to not drop out honestly, he's essentially clogging up the whole political process.
Biff The Understudy
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
France7888 Posts
March 05 2017 20:31 GMT
#13887
On March 06 2017 05:23 LegalLord wrote:
Some polls have started subbing Juppe for Fillon. Meaningful?

Never know. He said today again that he wouldn't move from there and he only can take the decision. Of course the pressure could become too much, but at that point it's very, very uncertain.

He is completely delusional. I absolutely loath the LR party, but that's not good news and I don't rejoice on it. He represent the democratic right wing forces, he has to go and let someone decent face the left wing, and maybe Marine Le Pen.
The fellow who is out to burn things up is the counterpart of the fool who thinks he can save the world. The world needs neither to be burned up nor to be saved. The world is, we are. Transients, if we buck it; here to stay if we accept it. ~H.Miller
TheDwf
Profile Joined November 2011
France19747 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-03-05 21:14:23
March 05 2017 20:32 GMT
#13888
On March 06 2017 05:23 LegalLord wrote:
Some polls have started subbing Juppe for Fillon. Meaningful?

Two polls had Juppé ahead of Fillon when tested, yes. The first one seemed fairly shitty, but both have Juppé qualifying to the second round while Fillon is third. The second one, which was released today, has Fillon collapsing at 17% (1% away from being fourth) and Juppé at 24.5% (second behind Le Pen).

The problem is that Fillon (and Sarkozy before him) radicalized the UMP/LR's electorate so much that Juppé is seen as too moderate, or even a left-winger (!) for them. Plus he was beaten 34:66 at the second round of the primary, so he was clearly rejected by that electorate... even though he would do better in the general population.

It's really funny to observe how the logic of the primary further polarizes each respective side and thus creates an inextricable mess when you have to collect things together afterwards, i. e. when you're no longer only talking to the 20% who belong to your convinced base. So far both candidates coming from primaries are completely unable to master that transition. So much for blindly importing practices from the other side of the Atlantic...
LegalLord
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
United Kingdom13775 Posts
March 05 2017 21:33 GMT
#13889
Hmm, Juppe is clearly cutting solidly into Macron's base.
History will sooner or later sweep the European Union away without mercy.
Biff The Understudy
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
France7888 Posts
March 05 2017 21:41 GMT
#13890
On March 06 2017 06:33 LegalLord wrote:
Hmm, Juppe is clearly cutting solidly into Macron's base.

Macron is a UFO in this election. I don't see him to the second round; he doesn't have a party behind him, and historically completely independent candidates tend to collapse before the election. His only chance is that Fillon goes to the bitter end of it and that the whole right wing moderate electorate rallies behind him.

It's a mess; nobody is in a good position. As for Le Pen, she can't really exploit Fillon's fiasco because she had proven to be as much of a corrupt thief as he is.
The fellow who is out to burn things up is the counterpart of the fool who thinks he can save the world. The world needs neither to be burned up nor to be saved. The world is, we are. Transients, if we buck it; here to stay if we accept it. ~H.Miller
LegalLord
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
United Kingdom13775 Posts
March 05 2017 21:46 GMT
#13891
Far as I can tell, though, it appears that Fillon gives zero fucks and is in this to the bitter end.
History will sooner or later sweep the European Union away without mercy.
Biff The Understudy
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
France7888 Posts
March 05 2017 21:50 GMT
#13892
On March 06 2017 06:46 LegalLord wrote:
Far as I can tell, though, it appears that Fillon gives zero fucks and is in this to the bitter end.

Then it's just a dice roll imo.

Too bad for LR, they faced a divided left wing led by the most unpopular government since the war. Looks like they'll manage to botch that.
The fellow who is out to burn things up is the counterpart of the fool who thinks he can save the world. The world needs neither to be burned up nor to be saved. The world is, we are. Transients, if we buck it; here to stay if we accept it. ~H.Miller
TheDwf
Profile Joined November 2011
France19747 Posts
March 05 2017 21:51 GMT
#13893
On March 06 2017 06:33 LegalLord wrote:
Hmm, Juppe is clearly cutting solidly into Macron's base.

Yup, they would both fight over the center-right electorate.

On a side note, Fillon lied again tonight; he pretended that some TV channels had announced the suicide of his wife. No such thing had happened. Turns out that we might have two Trump-like candidates in this election...
Dan HH
Profile Joined July 2012
Romania9118 Posts
March 05 2017 22:47 GMT
#13894
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Germany on Sunday of "fascist actions" reminiscent of Nazi times in a growing row over the cancellation of political rallies aimed at drumming up support for him among 1.5 million Turkish citizens in Germany.

German politicians reacted with shock and anger. German Justice Minister Heiko Maas told broadcaster ARD that Erdogan's comments were "absurd, disgraceful and outlandish" and designed to provoke a reaction from Berlin.

But he cautioned against banning Erdogan from visiting Germany or breaking off diplomatic ties, saying that such moves would push Ankara "straight into the arms of (Russian President Vladmir) Putin, which no one wants".

The deputy leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party said the Turkish president was "reacting like a wilful child that cannot have his way", while a top leader of the CDU's Bavarian sister party described Erdogan as the "despot of the Bosphorus" and demanded an apology.

German authorities withdrew permission last week for two rallies by Turkish citizens in German cities at which Turkish ministers were to urge a "Yes" vote in a referendum next month on granting Erdogan sweeping new presidential powers. Berlin says the rallies were canceled on security grounds.

However, Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci spoke at large events in Leverkusen and Cologne on Sunday while protesters stood outside.

The row has further soured relations between the two NATO members amid mounting public outrage in Germany over the arrest in Turkey of a Turkish-German journalist. It has also spurred growing demands for Merkel to produce a more forceful response to Erdogan's words and actions.

A poll conducted for the Bild am Sonntag newspaper showed that 81 percent of Germans believe that Merkel’s government has been too accommodating with Ankara. Germany, under an agreement signed last year, relies on Turkey to prevent a further flood of migrants from pouring into Europe.

The lead article in German news magazine Der Spiegel on Sunday urged Merkel to free herself from the “handcuffs of the migrant deal”.

A defiant Erdogan said he could travel to Germany himself to rally support for the constitutional changes to grant him greater power.

"Germany, you have no relation whatsoever to democracy and you should know that your current actions are no different to those of the Nazi period," Erdogan said at a rally in Istanbul.

"If I want to come to Germany, I will, and if you don't let me in through your doors, if you don't let me speak, then I will make the world rise to its feet," he told a separate event.

Neither Merkel's office nor the foreign ministry had any immediate comment.

Erdogan says he needs the proposed new powers to tackle Kurdish rebels, Islamist militants and other political enemies in a land with a history of unstable coalition governments.

Critics, meanwhile, argue that a "yes" vote in the April 16 referendum would abolish checks and balances that have already been eroded over 15 years of his rule.

Germany and other European countries have grown increasingly concerned about mass arrests and dismissals in the army, judiciary and civil service across Turkey after a failed attempt to topple the president in July.

[...]


http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-referendum-germany-idUSKBN16C0KD
Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain17982 Posts
March 06 2017 07:47 GMT
#13895
Just like Germany, the Dutch government has also denied the Turkish government the right to campaign in the Netherlands. I'm not quite sure where I stand on the issue. On the one hand, I think it's undesirable to have another country's political campaign being held in your country, especially if you can't guarantee impartiality. On the other hand, the doesn't seem to be any legal way to discriminate against political campaigning as opposed to giving a talk. Based on what is his entry being denied? How far can the Dutch/German government go to deny them from of speech?
Elizar
Profile Joined February 2010
Germany431 Posts
March 06 2017 08:27 GMT
#13896
On March 06 2017 16:47 Acrofales wrote:
Just like Germany, the Dutch government has also denied the Turkish government the right to campaign in the Netherlands.

It seems that there is a misunderstanding:
The german gouvernment did not deny the turkish gouvernment the right to campaign.

It was the cities themselves who did that. But the official reasons are not "we don´t want you to campaign here". Ofc every one knows, that this is exactly what they aim for although they say the opposite.
On March 06 2017 16:47 Acrofales wrote:
I'm not quite sure where I stand on the issue. On the one hand, I think it's undesirable to have another country's political campaign being held in your country, especially if you can't guarantee impartiality.

I agree.
On March 06 2017 16:47 Acrofales wrote:
On the other hand, the doesn't seem to be any legal way to discriminate against political campaigning as opposed to giving a talk. Based on what is his entry being denied? How far can the Dutch/German government go to deny them from of speech?

It seems that those speeches by the ministers were never declared as speeches but as turkish weddings or turkish woman dancing parties or whatnot. As there are more people expected to come to a speech by some turkish minister in comparison to a turkish wedding (and turkish weddings can be huge), there needs to be a infrastructure like security, medics in case something goes wrong, protesters etc. So yeah, the turkish gouvernent is not the victim of "the german gouvernment with their nazi methods" as Erdogan says. They are more like victims of their own stupidity/tricks.
Artisreal
Profile Joined June 2009
Germany9235 Posts
March 06 2017 08:45 GMT
#13897
Though I'm never too shy to point out the underlying racism in Germany, this just made me laugh.
passive quaranstream fan
TheDwf
Profile Joined November 2011
France19747 Posts
March 06 2017 09:44 GMT
#13898
Juppé criticized Fillon quite harshly, but said again that he would not be the plan B. Said that the core of the UMP/LR militants was too “radicalized” and that given those conditions, he would not be able to gather people.
Zaros
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom3692 Posts
March 06 2017 10:23 GMT
#13899
Sarkozy's plan has worked then, leak the details about Fillon's wife and then replace him when his candidacy crashes and burns.
ZBiR
Profile Blog Joined August 2003
Poland1092 Posts
March 06 2017 10:56 GMT
#13900
Erdogan had his own Reichstag fire, kind of the night of the long knives afterwards, and Gullen is his Röhm-lookalike, but it's the others that behave like the Nazis? Legit as hell.
Prev 1 693 694 695 696 697 1413 Next
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 11h 3m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Hui .251
Nathanias 229
Nina 160
ViBE23
StarCraft: Brood War
Sexy 37
Bale 7
Dota 2
monkeys_forever670
Counter-Strike
Fnx 1359
taco 299
Foxcn274
Super Smash Bros
AZ_Axe143
Liquid`Ken25
Other Games
summit1g9763
tarik_tv8734
Grubby3023
C9.Mang0227
Maynarde102
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick328
BasetradeTV24
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 20 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• davetesta63
• musti20045 49
• RyuSc2 32
• Hupsaiya 31
• Kozan
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• sooper7s
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Migwel
• IndyKCrew
StarCraft: Brood War
• Azhi_Dahaki38
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• masondota22671
League of Legends
• Doublelift3668
Other Games
• imaqtpie1105
• Scarra1034
• Shiphtur271
Upcoming Events
Esports World Cup
11h 3m
Reynor vs Zoun
Solar vs SHIN
Classic vs ShoWTimE
Cure vs Rogue
Esports World Cup
1d 12h
CranKy Ducklings
2 days
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
2 days
CSO Cup
2 days
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
2 days
Bonyth vs Sziky
Dewalt vs Hawk
Hawk vs QiaoGege
Sziky vs Dewalt
Mihu vs Bonyth
Zhanhun vs QiaoGege
QiaoGege vs Fengzi
FEL
3 days
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
3 days
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
3 days
Bonyth vs Zhanhun
Dewalt vs Mihu
Hawk vs Sziky
Sziky vs QiaoGege
Mihu vs Hawk
Zhanhun vs Dewalt
Fengzi vs Bonyth
Sparkling Tuna Cup
5 days
[ Show More ]
Online Event
5 days
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

CSL Xiamen Invitational
Championship of Russia 2025
Murky Cup #2

Ongoing

Copa Latinoamericana 4
Jiahua Invitational
BSL20 Non-Korean Championship
Esports World Cup 2025
CC Div. A S7
Underdog Cup #2
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 7
IEM Dallas 2025
PGL Astana 2025
Asian Champions League '25

Upcoming

CSLPRO Last Chance 2025
ASL Season 20: Qualifier #1
ASL Season 20: Qualifier #2
ASL Season 20
CSLPRO Chat StarLAN 3
BSL Season 21
RSL Revival: Season 2
Maestros of the Game
SEL Season 2 Championship
uThermal 2v2 Main Event
FEL Cracov 2025
HCC Europe
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.