Yeah, it's election time in Europe (well that is a bit of a generalisation but it's funny that the Chechz just had elections, and they got a centrum right goverment, the British just had elections and ended up with a centrum right goverment etc.). Our elections or on the Wednesday 9th, yours (Beglian elections) are on Sunday June 13th.
Chech elections in a nutshell:Chech Republic a centrum right coaltion has been formed of the liberal Democratic Citizensparty (ODS, Občanská demokratická strana), rightwing conservative Tradition Responsibility Prosperity party (TOP 09 ,Tradice Odpovědnost Prosperita 09) and the new populist party Public Affairs (VV, Věci veřejné). Together they have 118 out of the 200 seats in parlaiment.
Belgian elections:Care to give a rough background story of the Belgian elections (parties, espect seats and a general explination)? The above information is nice bit too rough... =p
I don't know a whole lot about Belgian politics besides all the shit we hear about it from problems regarding BHV, the stuff with VlaamsBelang etc. The name of the party "Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie" (NVA, New Flamish Allience) is a major turn off for me. It's almost as bad as a name as "Trots op Nederland" (Proud/pride of the Netherlands). Lol. Nationalism makes me sick, and so does populism and retarded promises of "restoring the country to the days when things were still good". Conservative, nationalist bullcrap. Atleast that's the first thing that comes to mind from just the party name (which don't always cover the ageda of a party accurately or cna be outright deceptive...).
Bonus material (lets allow some space for some humour):One of the broadcasting organisations on the public channels, the VPRO (Verenigde Progressive Radio Omroep, United Progressive Radio Broadcast) gave some artists the task of designing posters for the main parties. Posters that devine the core principle/vision of each party.
They write: (...) In todays elections it's not only just about the story/program of a party but also about their image. One image can make or break a polician. The official party posters leave much to be desired. (...) We can do better, and more honest. (...) So we gave some illustrators the task of portraying the character of each party. No exceptions, every party gets the same threatment. (...).
I'll post the remarkable ones below, the rest of the images (11 in total) can be seen on the website mentioned as the source:
Trots op Nederland (Proud/pride of the Netherlands)
For the right of inequality. Vote Deo Volente SGP.
Note: Deo Volente = god willing.Campaign bundel/collection. P of [the] Labour. Strong Together.
Stop thinking (for yourselves). PVV.
Note: The image shows Geert Wilders with a plate infront of his head. This refers to the Dutch saying "Met een bord voor de kop lopen" ("Walking around with a plate infront of your head"). Wich means you're not open to other peoples views/opinions/visions and thus can only see things your way (the one and only, "correct" way).
God enlightens. Christen Union.
Balkenende Cabinet I, II, III, IV... and V?
Source:
http://weblogs.vpro.nl/nieuws/2010/06/01/de-vpro-kiest-geen-partijBonus2: See the "bonus" post on the filefront forums (as the URL won't parse correctly here):
http://forums.filefront.com/pub/423736-dutch-parliamentary-elections-comming-up-3.html#post5332213 Or simply copy paste this in your URL bar and watch the last 10 seconds or so of the Minister of Social affairs driving through a red light. hehe_:
http://dewerelddraaitdoor.vara.nl/Video-list.627.0.html?&tx_ttnews[cat]=146&kalender=1275594568&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=17293&cHash=4ddd00d70f
^ I lol-ed when I was watching a popular current events/talk show "De Wereld Draait Door" (The world keeps on going around / The world goes around ), which perhaps can be compared just a little bit with the Daily show, be it with more interviews and less comedy. Anyway, during the comedy fragment they went to join (demissionary) minister of Social affairs and Employement, Donner. Donner cycles from his house to the parliament every day so they decided to interview him while cycling. Towards the end he can be seen well...