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Since then, candidates of both major US political
parties
have relied on rosy scenarios.
This is now totally implausible, because all of Britain’s opposition parties, plus the clear majority of Conservative MPs whose primary loyalty is to business interests, would block it.
This, too, would be voted down by all the opposition parties, along with dozens of centrist Conservatives.
Beyond the Great Recession and the migration crisis, both of which created fertile ground for populist parties, the aging of the West’s population will continue to alter political power dynamics in populists’ favor.
Leaving aside country-specific peculiarities, nationalist
parties
all promise to stem global forces that will affect older people disproportionately.
To stem the nationalist tide, mainstream
parties
urgently need to devise a new social compact that addresses the mounting sense of insecurity among older voters.
Once finalized, this treaty will establish the rights and obligations of both
parties
on a range of issues, including the “Brexit bill” – that is, the UK’s outstanding liabilities from its time as a member of the bloc – as well as the rights of EU citizens living in the UK, and vice versa.
Political
parties
and candidates use promises to woo voters, and then to win support for policies.
With every turn of the circle, both parties, terrorists and security forces, grow closer to each other.
Opposing
parties
use the same weapons, develop comparable tactics, and preach increasingly similar ideals.
At the same time, the political
parties
that led their countries into the EU all came under pressure, because they were associated with painful reforms.
Attempts by political
parties
to thrive on nationalism, xenophobia and populism will soon be confronted with the limits set by the EU and other international organizations.
In other words, while populist-nationalist forces could well make further gains next year – even allying themselves, like the PiS, with far-right
parties
to win support for their policies – Central Europe is unlikely to revert to the virulent nationalism for which it was once infamous.
That brazen assault preceded a national referendum, organized by opposition parties, to gauge support for Maduro’s plan to redraft the constitution.
Instead, the biggest story was about self-styled “movements” upending or replacing traditional political
parties.
Across the European continent, more voters have come to see traditional political
parties
as self-interested and power-hungry.
In the developing world, too,
parties
with well-established pedigrees, such as the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa, are now widely regarded as corrupt.
In many cases, traditional
parties
have become what political scientists call “cartels”: they use state resources to remain in power, and, regardless of their policy differences, they often work together to keep out challengers.
Young voters, in particular, seem to have less interest in working for traditional parties, which they view as overly bureaucratic, and thus boring.
But today’s political movements also tend to be less pluralistic than the large
parties
that have dominated post-war European politics.
Rather, they are important because they provide more political choices for citizens, especially those frustrated with prevailing duopolies – political systems dominated by two long-established
parties
offering nearly identical policy prescriptions.
If anything, they could operate even less democratically than traditional parties, owing to their strong plebiscitary forms of leadership.
There is an opportunity here to start developing pluralistic systems where not only Islamists, but also other
parties
and discourses can play a role.
This crisis, too, can be a stepping-stone for a long-term political solution involving all
parties
in the Middle East.
This presupposes the engagement of all parties, including Syria and Iran, as well as all political and religious groups.
I do not mean to suggest that the Justices decided the Guantanamo Bay case as they did so that they would be toasted at their international cocktail
parties.
At this point, with both major
parties
set to choose their nominees in state-level primary elections or caucuses, there can be no predictions, only informed (or uninformed) guesses.
Elections in Greece – where the recession is turning into a depression – may give 40-50% of the popular vote to
parties
that favor immediate default and exit from the eurozone.
He is convinced that establishing a Palestinian state would serve the interest of all parties, and that the odds favor the Palestinians in international political struggle.
But even during the most ruthless phases of Western capitalism, civil society in Europe and the US was made up of a huge network of organizations independent of the state – churches, clubs, parties, societies, and associations that were available to all social classes.
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