Per several news outlets, the right (a relative term in European Politics) has scored impressive victories in elections across Europe for the European Parliament. I continue to be confused which side of the Atlantic I am on.
The United States has not only turned, it has veered to the left under the guidance of President Obama. Chrysler and General Motors, two manufacturing giants, have effectively been nationalized. A Keynesian spending economic stimulus plan of unprecedented proportions, not tax cuts, has been tabbed as the solution to our economic woes. To top it off, the nation’s largest financial firms are taking funds, as well as orders, from the government.
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic in Europe, right-leaning parties appear to be on the rise in European Union elections as well as in the polls for national elections in Europe. The leaders of Germany and France, Merkel and Sarkozy respectively, have requested that the American President restrain spending. Chancellor Merkel has criticized the Federal Reserve for its extremely loose monetary policy and resisted President Obama’s calls for more Keynesian stimulus spending in Germany.
The United States is busily turning leftward while it appears that Europeans are asking for a rightward shift and warning President Obama to restrain himself. Conservatives in America hopefully understand that what the people want is a government run by sustainable conservative principles. Even Europe is asking for a turn to the right.
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