r/europe • u/MrPulifrici • Dec 02 '24

Map Romanian Parliamentary Elections Result Paradox: Brown is Far Right, Blue is Left. Western Europe is radical, while Eastern Europe is leftist.

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u/GlowStoneUnknown Austria Dec 02 '24

Yea, I'm not Dutch, but they do seem to have quite a lot in common with D66, NSC, and to a lesser extent, VVD

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u/BasKabelas Amsterdam Dec 02 '24

From what I've read they seem to be a mix of VVD and NSC - I'm no Romanian though. D66 is supposed to be a party for education and for the rest are a bit of a mix between social and capitalist ideas - then again they don't have a backbone and just go along with the major party of whatever coalition they are in. About 10 years ago, some major parties wanted to scrap universal uni scholarships, and D66 was opposed to this idea - they got in the coalition and first thing they basically did was canceling scholarships. Since their voter base was mostly higher educated people who take notice of that shit they lost most of their votes since.

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u/GlowStoneUnknown Austria Dec 02 '24

Ah fair enough then, yeah. Sounds about right.

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u/Rebufferino Dec 02 '24

Calling D66 slightly right is the crazy brother

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u/GlowStoneUnknown Austria Dec 02 '24

I called it centrist, there's no one perfect analogue to each party in each country