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It's now official, in a just-released communiqué Macron has rejected a government led by the New Popular Front. There’s a neoliberal coup happening in France. (www.politico.eu)
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[–] miz@hexbear.net 75 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Wolfgang Schäuble, a powerful advocate of austerity policy in Europe, succinctly summarized the extent to which electoral democracy is subordinate: “Elections cannot be allowed to change economic policy.”

from https://redsails.org/why-marxism/

German Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schäuble, advocate of austerity policy in Europe, was less crass yet no less succint in 2015:

Elections cannot be allowed to change economic policy.

from https://redsails.org/brainwashing/