Winds of Change in Europe

Hollande beats Sarkozy,
becomes president of France

Socialist candidate Francois Hollande has beaten incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy in yesterday's run-off election by a margin of 51.6 - 48.4 percent. Hollande becomes the first socialist in 17 years to hold the highest office, while Sarkozy's unpopularity and often irrationally animated posturing in public, failed policies, unnatural close relations with Germany and a much behated pro-eurozone stance have turned him into a rare president chased out of office by the electorate after just one term in office.

Hopes in Europe are high that Hollande will lead France away from the sub-ordination of a proud French people under German and Brussels directives, and that the new president will push for an economic plan based on growth and better education, rather than Sarkozy's past eagerness to subjugate the country to Brussels strategists.

Greek Voters Deal Heavy Blow to Brussels

Sixty years of sometimes chaotic politics in Greece, including an intermezzo with military dictatorship and aggression against a neighbour (Cyprus) could not produce the result provoked by the EU bureaucrats in Brussels: nazis, communists, anarchists and street thugs have gained 60% of parliamentary seats.

The two ruling parties, socialist PASOK and conservative Nea Dimokratea (ND), who mustered 77.4% in the 2009 election, have suffered defeats of historical proportions, punished for the betrayal of the people to Brussels oligarchs. The two parties, no longer deserving the label "main" have been have been demolished, and have received less than 32% combined. In the new parliament they will have 148 seats of the 300-seat chamber, by the grace of giving the "strongest" party ND an extra 50 seats for finishing on top of all parties - barely. At 18.3% (down from 33.4) the ND edged out a new radical-left party (16.6%), while PASOK has been reduced to a splinter party of 13.2% (down from 43.6).

The EU can pride itself to be the main force of destruction in Europe. In other countries the revolt of voters against the dictate from Brussels has produced anarchist parties such as "Pirates Party" (no kidding, that's their nome de guerre!) in Germany, Denmark, Finland, Austria and Sweden.

The cracks in Europe have become gaping canyons, and Brussels oligarchy is the chief architect of Europe's undoing.