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Portugal votes in election that could add momentum to Europe’s rightward shift (www.france24.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Voters in Portugal go to the polls Sunday in an early election that could see the country join a shift to the right seen across Europe after eight years of Socialist rule.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)

Socialist rule? What countries are those? AFAIK it’s been more like

NL: right to ultra right
BE: center to center right
FR: center
DE: center to center left(ish)
NO: right
SV: center left to right
etc

so enlighten me about this “socialist rule”.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Like in many European countries the social democratic party calls it self socialist party. It gets especially odd in Portugal, because the big center-right conservative party calls themselves ”social democrats” 🙄

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Ah thank you!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think that refers to Portugal being ruled by the Socialist party for 8 years

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Actually in any sane country the Portuguese Socialist party would be considered neoliberal

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The absolute state of reading comprehension on Lemmy. Holy shit

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

cmeio rightly pointed out that “socialist rule” did not necessarily apply to Europe, but Portugal specifically. My understanding is that you mean the same, but in a rather less polite way, correct?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

France center hehehe

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Stretching it, I know

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Welp, that's what Macron first presented himself as, can't blame you 🤭

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Germany very generously described, would say they’re also rather center to center right.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

News exaggerate everything nowadays.

I think "populism rule" would fit a bit better.