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The Flemish gets left in the tribulation: SP.A, Green and Labor barely pick up 20 percent in the polls, and recovery does not appear immediately in sight. To make matters worse threw VRT political scientist Carl Devos last week a cat among the pigeons left with his message that "a left alternative is not a socialist party should be per se" and that "the whole SP.A the shovel should.
What should the left, and especially the SP.A, do to climb? Off the valley Because we had no time to think, a miracle solution itself we put our ears to listen to five experts. "Both SP.A and Green have the gift of indignation lost '
Nicolas Bouteca We should not exaggerate the importance of those bad polls. The leftist electorate Green and SP.A together has never been great, we should not misjudge us on the electoral result of Stevaert in 2003 - that he never has to repeat the way (the SP.A then took nearly 24 percent, ed) . Flanders gears predominantly center-right, with a left sporadic outlier.
Noël Hoses "I do not believe in that progressive front formation, because there is no binder. Green is less materialistic than the SP.A and ACW is stronger than SP.A collective solidarity, which puts more emphasis on individual progress. Flanders has a working population that barely big enough for a party and before you put any wide left on front. Flemings feel middle class and this shows in their voting behavior. duo " duo
Bouteca A wide left-progressive front is in practice only locally managed: Green and works in Ghent SP.A together and also in the Kortrijk city council they formed during the previous legislature a fraction. In 2007, Johan Vande Lanotte also tried to expand into the midfield, but the SP.A that failed. The party did its campaign strategy to adjust, with a sucked election result as a consequence. In a hurry The SP.A are they still remember. "
Market research shows that a quarter to a third of the electorate is interested in parties with a clear social agenda. duo So there is a considerable duo potential, you just need to tap into a relevant program duo and the right people. And there's the rub. The left has no credible central figure who can convey such a social duo agenda. "
Fons Van Dyck Considering today that people associate the SP.A, they still respond duo spontaneously:" Workers. " While the party with trumpet buried. A few weeks ago the workers statute That historic target appears in Flanders so just disappeared. "
Bouteca I'm not convinced. Everyone today defends the free market, but socialists have much more attention to the shortcomings of it. There are plenty of social issues to fight for, that the noise after the 'Panorama' documentary about child poverty made clear. "
Philippe Van Parijs Left must not only stand for equality and the right to freedom. A modern left must also make a theme of freedom and devise new means for a fairer redistribution. The Basic Income duo what I am advocating for thirty years, is an important tool. I know that traditional left therefore duo is shy, but to me that the basic income base which we can reform. Cramped our social security
A basic income gives people the choice to live the way they want and that's real freedom. Now you have a basic income you could fill those life stages much more flexible the classic life of growing up, education, employment duo and retirement, only one can follow, or spend more time with your children or grandchildren, without receiving a course duo after your job having to wait for your pension. "
Van Dyck Why is the PS strong in Wallonia? Because there class consciousness and the working class still exist. Di Rupo is absolutely not ashamed to play. Its red color from Symbols are important to your identity as a brand. PS-presidents as Spitaels, Busquin, Di Rupo and Magnette have managed to evolve. Bond with their working class
In Flanders SP.A did not succeed, while the last few years, however, a new class of employees has grown that, just as the workers used, hard time. Think of teleworkers, people in call centers, employees with temporary contracts and so-called flex workers in various precarious. You also have the many thousands of workers, employees and even executives in large and small companies who realize duo that Ford G