“I have a dreadful feeling in my bones that future historians may write of the May 2014 elections: "This was the wake-up call from which Europe failed to wake up."” WritingMayFeelingsEuropeWake UpElectionBonesHistorianWake Up Call Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“[After her election to the British Parliament and being welcomed to 'the most exclusive men's club in Europe':] It won't be exclusive long. When I came in, I left the door wide open!” MenLongLeftDoorsEuropeElectionClubsBritishWideParliamentExclusiveBritish Parliament Author:Nancy Astor
“To win elections, politicians have promised practically endless government spending and covered up the cost, leaving generations of taxpayers obligated to pay off the debt. That's wrong, but neither the U.S. nor Europe has a plan to stop it.” GovernmentWinningPayPlansGenerationsPoliticianCostEuropeElectionLeavingDebtSpendingEndlessCoveredTaxpayersGovernment SpendingCovered Up Author:David Malpass
“With the world in turmoil and doubt, the American people, faithful to the values that have always defined America's identity, have expressed with force their faith in progress and the future. At a time when we must face huge challenges together, your election has raised enormous hope in France, in Europe and beyond.” PeopleWorldTogetherAmericaFacesValuesForceChallengesDoubtProgressIdentityHugeEuropeElectionRaisedEnormousDefinedFranceFaithfulTurmoil Author:Nicolas Sarkozy
“Six months after 9/11, Jean-Marie Le Pen was almost elected president of France. There were a number of leaders and a number of parties running in the French national elections that year in the spring of 2002. But it ended up being not just a shock across France, and not just a shock across Europe. But it ended up being almost a worldwide shock when in the spring of 2002, Jean-Marie Le Pen came in second in those national elections. That put him in a two-man runoff for the presidency of France, spring of 2002.” MenYearsTwoRunningPresidentPartyNumbersLeaderMonthsSixSpringEuropeElectionFranceShockPensPresidencySix MonthsMarie Author:Rachel Maddow
“It's not just other countries in Europe having a say over what we do. It's unelected bureaucrats in Brussels on sort of six-figure, huge salaries telling us how we run our country despite having never stood for an election themselves.” CountryRunningFiguresHugeSixEuropeElectionDespiteOur CountryOther CountriesSalaryBureaucratsBrussels Author:David Cameron
“Look, the United States doesn't have political parties. In other countries, take say Europe, you can be an active member of the political party. Here, the only thing in a political party is gearing to elections, not the other things you do. So it's basically, a way of making people passive, submissive objects.” PeopleWayLooksCountryStatesPoliticalUnitedPartyUnited StatesObjectsMembersEuropeElectionActiveOther CountriesPassivePolitical PartiesSubmissive Author:Noam Chomsky
“No two countries are identical, and obviously, there's a difference between a referendum on a very complex relationship between Great Britain and the rest of Europe, and a presidential election in the United States.” TwoCountryStatesDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesEuropeElectionComplexesPresidentialBritainIdenticalGreat BritainPresidential ElectionReferendumsTwo CountriesComplex Relationships Author:Barack Obama
“Political uncertainty around the world has more than doubled since the election of Trump. To find anything comparable we have to go way back, to the late 1920s for example, the times of the Great Depression. Or think of the United Kingdom in the 1970s, when the International Monetary Fund had to help the country out with a dramatic rescue operation. Up until the Greek crisis, that was the last time that the IMF was forced to intervene to such an extent in Europe.” ThinkingWorldWayCountryHelpingLastsPoliticalUnitedExampleTrumpLateEuropeElectionCrisisInternationalKingdomsAround The WorldUncertaintyOperationsGreekDramaticFundRescueLast TimeMonetaryGreat DepressionUnited KingdomImf Author:Nicholas Bloom
“There was a free election in Palestine, but it came out the wrong way. So instantly, the United States and Israel with Europe tagging along, moved to punish the Palestinian people, and punish them harshly, because they voted the wrong way in a free election. That's accepted here in the West as perfectly normal. That illustrates the deep hatred and contempt for democracy among western elites, so deep-seated they can't even perceive it when it's in front of their eyes. You punish people severely if they vote the wrong way in a free election.” PeopleIfsWayStatesEyeUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyFrontsNormalEuropeHatredVoteElectionMovedWestWesternIsraelAcceptedPerceiveContemptElitesPalestinianPalestineWrong WayPerfectly NormalFree Elections Author:Noam Chomsky
“I will not say the fact that there are no European Union observers at an election means that it will not be fair and free.” MeanFactsEuropeFairsElectionUnionsObserversEuropean Union Author:Olusegun Obasanjo
“America must begin the struggle for democracy at home. The advocacy of free elections in Europe by American officials is hypocrisy when free elections are not held in great sections of America.” HomeAmericaJusticeStruggleDemocracyDiversityEuropeElectionSocial JusticeOfficialsHypocrisySectionsAdvocacyFree Elections Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.