“Growing discontent is taking shape in a number of European countries. This is about policies that run counter to the interests of local peoples and channel taxpayers’ money into programmes that raise serious questions in terms of financial control and accountability.”
Globalinfo.az reports that this was stated by Sarkis Ter-Yesayan, a member of the “Mother Armenia” faction in the Yerevan Council of Elders.
He pointed to an interesting contradiction here:
“People voice their discontent, criticise and protest, but on election day they often again vote for the very political forces that pursue the policies they are unhappy with. Elections will soon be held in Spain. It is interesting how Spanish voters will assess the policy pursued by Pedro Sánchez’s government?
Migration policy, the housing crisis, the problem of illegal occupation of housing, growing competition in the labour market, the mounting social burden — these are the issues Spain’s authorities must answer to their own citizens for. Let us see whether Spain will continue the same political course or whether voters will demand real accountability.”
Sarkis Ter-Yesayan noted that the greatest test of European democracy is not only to elect a government but also to bear responsibility for the consequences of one’s choice.
Note that recently mass protests against migration policy, illegal migration and government decisions have been held in a number of European countries, including the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, France and the Netherlands.
Aliyar Khalil
Globalinfo.az
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