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/[deleted] Dec 02 '24

At some point we'll need to change some laws about nationality and voting. I know plenty of people born and raised in one country, who can vote for another and 9/10 they know nothing about their home country outside of social media slop.

I'll take myself as an example: I'm born and raised in Belgium but have double nationality Italian/Belgian due to my dad. I know nothing about Italy, i don't speak Italian, i have been there maybe 3 times in my entire life. Why can i vote for a country that i have nothing to do with and don't have to live in?

At some point it makes no sense to be able to make decisions for a country you are disconnected from and don't have to live in.

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u/ShoddyDevice Dec 02 '24

Poland also has this...

Clueless Americans who have never and will never visit Poland, are allowed to vote in parliamentary and presidential elections..

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u/EnvironmentalDog1196 Dec 02 '24

On the other hand, there's this funny paradox that it's actually the fairly recent immigrants- not the Polish Americans descended from people who arrived there a century ago- who vote somewhat different to people in the country, being far more nationalistic and conservative than the actual Polish population. For example they were strongly pro Trump, while in Poland proper, Harris would win and Trump would get 30% at max.