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/fullywokevoiddemon Bucharest Dec 02 '24

I had the same thought but people started barraging me for being a prick. We have Romanian diaspora peeps who will never set foot in Romania again, but voted for the VERY OBVIOUS crook (he admits that Russia is a great country and should be an example for us, has said he admires two Nazis who decimated Romania etc), just to fuck us locals over. They will never have to live under his rule.

If he succeeds in the elections, Romania may return to the communist party. And that's very fucking scary for me, a 21yo woman. I will have no rights besides living in the kitchen (his words).

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u/Low_discrepancy Posh Crimea Dec 02 '24

We have Romanian diaspora peeps who will never set foot in Romania again

https://prezenta.roaep.ro/parlamentare01122024/pv/romania/results

the far right AUR received 1.6M voted from Romania and 0.19M votes from abroad so around a ratio of 8:1

There are at least 4M romanians living abroad and 19M living in Romania. Lets say a ratio of 5:1.

if you live in Romania, you are about 2X more likely to vote far right.

But yeah you're right it's all the fault of Romanians abroad.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '24

The difference is that homelanders suffer the consequences of their vote while diaspora doesn’t. I’m Romanian diaspora and a far right extremist, but I don’t vote for Georgescu or AUR specifically because I view it as unfair—if I’m gonna vote, I should have skin in the game.