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[Sheb]

It doesn't actually call the socialist party very liberal, just labelled as 'The Left' and the chart says that they are anti-miltarism, which is not-militant.

If any of the parties are militant, it'd probably be AfD.

The Left is not the socialist part, the SPD is. (Sozialistische Partei Deutschland). The Left (Die Linke) is a groupe of various communists/far-left West German parties and the remains of the East German SED.

[Antioch]

It doesn't actually call the socialist party very liberal, just labelled as 'The Left' and the chart says that they are anti-miltarism, which is not-militant.

If any of the parties are militant, it'd probably be AfD.

The Left is not the socialist part, the SPD is. (Sozialistische Partei Deutschland). The Left (Die Linke) is a groupe of various communists/far-left West German parties and the remains of the East German SED.

How do those old communist parties actually manifest as policy nowadays though?

[Sheb]

As far as I know they're your fairly standard hard-left European party, similar to the Belgian PTB or to Melenchon's France Insoumise.

[scriver]

Mid they're anything like the Swedish "the Left Party",  which is out old Communist Party, they're fairly non-revolutionary (but I doubt there's more than a tenth of them who weren't firebrands when they were youngsters ), but highly anti-capitalist, highly EU-sceptic, and highly against privatisation of the public sphere and/or for republicisation of what has already been privatised.

I have pretty high opinion of that party. I feel are the only party left on the left wing that still has a moral bone in the body, and the only one that base their opinions on an ideology rather than what they think people want to hear. I guess it helps that they've had a bunch of likeable party leaders as well. In practice they lack much say about anything, but every once in a while you hear about them forcing the other "leftist" parties to agree to small things that make a difference. As far as I remember I have never actually voted for them myself though.

Then in Sweden there's there's also the other communist parties like KPML(r) (I hear they changed name a few years ago, but they'll always be "the Communist Party the Marxist-Leninists (the revolutionaries)" in my mind because the name is so hilarious) and one or two others of their kind that are still more hardline about socialism/communism and too foolish for me. I think even then don't have many Soviet deniers/idealisers left among them though, but I can't say that with certainty.

Eh, sorry for the rant on our parties when you asked about Germany's. Just wanted to share.

[Sheb]

France officially proposed using the seats left vacants by the British MEP to start electing some MEP on a transnational jurisdiction. I really hope that works!

[martinuzz]

Meanwhile, the Brexit negotiations have come to a complete stand still in round 3.
EU wants Britain to fulfull all it's financial obligations up until the end of the EU financial period in 2020, UK negotiators only want to pay up to 2019, UK voters don't even want to pay half that.
UK wants to retain access to the internal market after Brexit. EU is firmly against, blaming UK they want to have the cake and eat it.

The UK is a bit like Trump here. Build a wall to keep the immigrants out and make Mexico the EU pay for it.

I still predict the Brexit will eventually never happen

[hector13]

It'll happen, it will just be a mostly acrimonious split.

[scriver]

I think it's fair that the Brits should fulfil the remaining time of such periods we are already in, but then they should also remain eligible for all grants and such up to that date.

[Helgoland]

France officially proposed using the seats left vacants by the British MEP to start electing some MEP on a transnational jurisdiction. I really hope that works!

Sweeeeeeet.

[scriver]

Can I have a link on that? I couldn't find anything relevant and don't know what else to search for.

[smjjames]

They'd still have to ask to reverse the Article 50 thing in order to not have a Brexit, if the EU lets them reverse it.

[Sheb]

smjjames: No, you don't get what I mean. France propose that the MEP seats currently used by Britain be allocated to a EU-wide district once Britain leave.

Scriver: I'll see if I find a source, I just saw it on the FB page of Guy Verofstadt. (Former Belgian PM and liberal MEP)

[scriver]

Do you by that mean seats that aren't filled by country but by the EU itself?

[Culise]

smjjames: No, you don't get what I mean. France propose that the MEP seats currently used by Britain be allocated to a EU-wide district once Britain leave.

Scriver: I'll see if I find a source, I just saw it on the FB page of Guy Verofstadt. (Former Belgian PM and liberal MEP)

Boop.  This is from April, however, so it may not be the proposal you're thinking of.

[scriver]

That is absolutely fucking disgusting.

Goodbye democracy. You had a good run, I guess.