Does The Platypus Make A Good Pet?

the CPN of the PRC - 12 / 13 September 2009 Speech by Fabio Biasio


Our German comrades of "DIE LINKE" have achieved a very satisfactory outcome of the election in the recent elections in three regions. The September 27 parliamentary elections will be held for the renewal of the federal parliament and the DIE LINKE there is a clear result by about 12 percent, which would mean an expansion of its presence not only in the regions of former East Germany, has always been strongholds of the Left, but also in the regions of western Germany.

I live in Berlin for 23 years and I have followed the development of this political movement since its birth as a PDS after the fall of the Wall: Now a lot of work into contact with DIE LINKE, for the campaign. One wonders the reason why in our party and their so there are differences of gross electoral success, then it means that local presence and ability to address and work on issues of social interest. I think of two reasons: a difference delle realtà politico-sociali tra Germania e Italia: la ”grande coalizione“ della Merkel tra Cristiano-Democratici e Socialdemocratici spinge altrove gli elettori delusi da questa alleanza, spostando i loro voti verso l´estrema destra e, fortunatamente, soprattutto verso l´estrema sinistra. In ogni caso in Germania la coscienza politica resta molto alta i dibattiti politici si svolgono in Parlamento, come dovrebbe essere, e non in salotti televisivi come in Italia. Il secondo motivo ha a che fare con il partito stesso e con il suo modo estremamente semplice e diretto di portare avanti battaglie politiche ”di base“ come quelle sulle paghe orarie minime, sull´età pensionabile, sulle tassazioni sui redditi più alti and the withdrawal of troops in Afghanistan. All issues of struggle that would be applicable also in Italy and probably would be longer taken into account if you follow a political practice more "basic" and closer to the territory.