Date: 2020-01-02 02:07 pm (UTC)
nancylebov: (green leaves)
From: [personal profile] nancylebov
On the other hand, there are a lot of countries with good social safety nets which still have right wing populism. Maybe Portugal is doing it more thoughtfully?

Date: 2020-01-02 02:21 pm (UTC)
nancylebov: (green leaves)
From: [personal profile] nancylebov
I'm not sure how strong a claim you were making about right-wing populism, but there's France, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, and the Netherlands.

Date: 2020-01-02 02:48 pm (UTC)
nancylebov: (green leaves)
From: [personal profile] nancylebov
I'm no expert either, but I agree that they're not close to taking power-- I thought you were claiming that Portugal must be doing something right because they don't have a significant right wing nationalist presence.
Edited Date: 2020-01-02 02:48 pm (UTC)

Date: 2020-01-02 03:18 pm (UTC)
nancylebov: (green leaves)
From: [personal profile] nancylebov
The way they handled drug legalization has worked very well (so far as I know, no one is imitating it) so maybe they have more sense than most people.
Edited Date: 2020-01-02 03:18 pm (UTC)

Date: 2020-01-02 08:37 pm (UTC)
dewline: Text - "On the DEWLine" (Default)
From: [personal profile] dewline
It seems as if the EU nations exclusively on the Mediterranean coast or having been Soviet client-states in the bad old days after WW2 are the worst off: Greece, Italy, Hungary, Poland...

Date: 2020-01-02 08:41 pm (UTC)
fub: (Default)
From: [personal profile] fub
I won't deny that the Dutch social safety net is adequate, but it is under constant attack from the centre-right party that has been in power for decades. They made a complete mess of things like health insurance and housing, which doesn't help.

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