Tag: coalitions

• The Economic Dilemma of UKIP

  Let us take a short trip Back to the Future. Step into The Doc’s DeLorean modified time Machine, fasten your seat belt, greet Marty McFly in the back seat, and set the destination to 2016 Britain. We accelerate to 88 miles per hour, and after a loud “bang”, it only takes a few seconds to…

  alexandre afonso

  March 24, 2014

  Political Science, United Kingdom, Welfare

  Austria, coalitions, Farage, Geert Wilders, Netherlands, Switzerland, UKIP, Welfare

• Portugal’s Political Crisis, or the Ordeal of Junior Coalition Partners

  On Monday, the Portuguese Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar resigned. Gaspar was the main architect of  Portugal’s austerity drive since its bailout two years ago. His political charisma was akin to a flat bike tyre, but he was considered a major guarantee of credibility for the Troika and Portugal’s creditors. Apparently, he had already asked to…

  alexandre afonso

  July 3, 2013

  Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Welfare

  CDS-PP, coalitions, Democratic and Social Centre – People’s Party, Geert Wilders, Paulo Portas, Pedro Passos Coelho, populist-radical right parties, Portugal, PSD, Vitor Gaspar