DMT
Geregistreerd op: 10 Mei 2018
Berichten: 608
|
 Geplaatst: 16-07-2018 10:54:15 Onderwerp: Administration of |
 |
|
|
by Alessandra Cardone
ROME http://www.calgaryflamesteamstore.com/adidas-dougie-hamilton-jersey , Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Germany's election results confirmeda weakening trend for mainstream parties across Europe, accordingto an Italian analyst on Monday.
Yet, the expert suggested the refugee issue -- although muchdebated in the campaign, and a strong point in the German far-rightparty's rhetoric -- was not the only trigger.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel won her fourth term on Sunday,and her conservative CDU-CSU bloc remained the largest party inparliament, despite scoring the worst result in decades with 33percent of the vote.
Center-left Social Democrats (SPD) suffered the biggest setbackwith 20.5 percent of the vote, and said they would now go intoopposition.
Far-right party Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) made ahistoric breakthrough with 12.6 percent of the vote, exceedingexpectations.
"The good performance of German far-right was somehow expected,considering latest surveys, although maybe not to this extent,"Antonio Villafranca, head of the European Program with Italy'sInstitute for International Political Studies (ISPI), toldXinhua.
"It is true the refugee issue -- and the European migrationcrisis overall -- played a major role in AfD's campaign, but I amnot convinced it was the only factor behind the shifting ofvotes."
"A trend towards the weakening of traditional parties hasemerged all across Europe in recent years, showing a malaise forthe current orientation of the European Union (EU) on the whole,"he explained.
EU's growing attitude towards market liberalization, and theimpact of such approach on average households' income, would havealso played a role in orienting votes. Germany would provide aperfect example of this phenomenon, according to Villafranca.
He noted the country has a current-account surplus worth about300 billion euros (356 billion U.S. dollars), or over 8 percent ofthe gross domestic product (GDP), whereas the same EU rules wouldsuggest the surplus should not exceed 6 percent."That meansGermany's economy is strongly export-oriented, and, to becompetitive, it needs relatively low labor costs," the expertsaid.
"That is exactly what has happened: the current-account surplushas translated into benefits and savings for companies and thestate, but not for many Germans."The expert added that wage growthin Germany has been slowing down in the last two years, increasingslightly above 2 percent only.
"Germans perceive the growth, they recognize it, but many ofthem do not feel part of it," he stressed. "There are stillsignificant pockets of poverty -- especially in some areas, such asBerlin and the former regions of East Germany -- and that was wherethe AfD gathered the largest consensus."
Will there be consequences for German politics, and for thecountry's stance in Europe?
To a certain extent."I think all of the other German forces inparliament will try to isolate the AfD, since this party sees alsoextremist representatives among its members. Yet, the AfD willcount on at least 90 deputies, who would surely make their voiceheard," Villafranca said.
Merkel would also likely find herself under pressure from herown party, for allegedly having pushed the CDU-CSU "too much on theleft" and leaving a political hole on the right.
For long time, the analyst recalled, Germany's politics has infact clung on the principle that "nothing should exist at the rightside of CDU."
"Now, this has happened and it is traumatic, alsopsychologically," Villafranca stressed.
As for the EU, a more fractured Germany might weaken the chancesof reform. "We have been recently thinking there was a window ofopportunity to relaunch the EU and the eurozone, as President ofthe European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker just said earlier thismonth," Villafranca said."Now, this is not so sure, and it would bewiser to wait and see how Germany's next coalition government wouldposition itself." Enditem
TIANJIN， China， March 22 (Xinhua) -- Senior officials with the organizing committee for China' s 13th National Games have promised to provide a "sports feast of mass participation". They say that ordinary people will be able to compete with professional athletes during the games.
China's 13th National Games will be held in Tianjin from August 27 to September 8.
"About 7，000 ordinary people will participate in 19 sports items in the games，" Chen Zhemin， deputy director of the organizing committee for China's 13th National Games， said at a press conference on Monday.
"Mass participation is a big innovation in this year's National Games，" Chen added.
"Grassroots athletes" will show off their skills in a total of 126 competitions such as badminton， table tennis， and rock climbing.
Li Yingchuan， assistant director of the General Administration of Sport of China， said at the press conference that China's National Games have been launching sweeping reforms in a bid to demonstrate comprehensive values at the country's highest-level sporting event.
According to Li， the organizing committee encourages athletes from different regions and working units to form teams for this edition of the National Games. He adds that ethnic minority areas should also fully participate.
Li also said that a city competition had been introduced in men's football for this edition.
Li said that they had been working on encouraging the army and localities to cultivate athletes together.
According to Chen， construction of competition venues and the National Games village is going smoothly. "The construction of the 81 buildings in the National Games village will be done by the end of May，" Chen said.
Application of this type of internet includes but is not limited to home or commercial use, broadcasting (pay-per-view), military and many more. With the so called “blazing speed”, downloa. |
|
