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So. The whole Le Pen thing in France. Holland has elections coming on, with Fortuyn's recent massive vicotry still fresh in people's memories. Elections in Belgium coming up next year as well, and the Vlaams Blok keeps up its steady rise.

I'm tempted to vote communist just to give the extreme right more counterweight. (I vote center-green now.)

Are we losing our minds, ladies and gentlemen?

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But the thing is, Le Pen won yesterday, in the first round. The two-round system is meant (I'm assuming) to prevent someone from getting intop power simply because the opposition is too divided.

As for the political landscape in Belgiu, the Green party is in the national, Flemish and Wallooon govts, so we do have a fair bit of impact.