Aral BalkanRE: https://mastodon.ie/@EugeneMcParland/116121085193035222
Can someone explain to me like I’m five why the fuck Hungary is still in the EU?
PassengerMy interpretation is that this is a designated villain thing. Other EU leaders have been making similar comments about funding to Ukraine.
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Nah, that's too simplistic. Hungary ruled by Orban has been objecting to anything EU driven that is too "woke", against the patriarchy etc.
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Nah, that's too simplistic. Hungary ruled by Orban has been objecting to anything EU driven that is too "woke", against the patriarchy etc.
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FelisCatus@amro @passenger @aral yeah but unless I am mistaken the far-right is also currently the largest group at the European Parliament.
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No, FelisCatus, the far right Group in the European Parliament are ESN, they hold 25 seats.
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Could you link a brief rundown or explain briefly what the difference is for the benefit of those of us outside Europe who have about as much insight into your parties as you'd have for India's? 
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I'm looking at what comes up from a YouTube search and everything is either covering the Brexit issue from a few years ago, disunity among the far-right, or teen education about parliamentary systems. Then stuff about the U.S. congress comes up even when I put "EU" (in quotes). The only video giving short explanations of platforms or general differences is about the British parliament. I guess I have to go to the first paragraphs of each party's Wikipedia page. 
I am not a European so there's a limit to how much I can usefully comment.
One thing I will comment that is different from India and most other places, is that these are not parties but groupings of parties from the various countries. S&D, for example, is made up of the German SPD, the Spanish PSOE, the Italian DP, and so on.
This means that the big blocs like EPP are quite ideologically diverse: they have member parties which can differ significantly from one another.
Sounds like they have a house with a dozen kids that all have to shout over each other to get their way. No wonder the stereotype is that Europeans are cultural imperialists that think Americans are stupid and polite. We're politically introverted. 