Post by: AngelOfThyNight on May 08, 2017, 12:03:34 AM
Here's the way Western democracies are supposed to work. Populist parties -- the ones that offer incendiary, crowd-pleasing answers -- belong on the fringes. Elections are fought between mainstream parties, which are big coalitions of idealists and pragmatists, reflecting well-structured social and economic interests. The outcome is decided by voters, not by foreign interference.
Source: Why Macron's victory is reassuring ... and yet not (http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/5e7ayaDPPX0/index.html)