"Suddenly, two key Central European populists were gone". Uh, no. Babis is still on the books as Prime Minister unless and until a new government is formed, and Kurz is not gone, he just moved over while, Putin-like, the loyalist he annointed steps in as Prime Minister while Kurz whispers in his ear. No, the loyalist is not named Medv…
"Suddenly, two key Central European populists were gone". Uh, no. Babis is still on the books as Prime Minister unless and until a new government is formed, and Kurz is not gone, he just moved over while, Putin-like, the loyalist he annointed steps in as Prime Minister while Kurz whispers in his ear. No, the loyalist is not named Medvedev although he could be. What is accurate is that the way Babis was defeated in the election was by everyone who was against him agreeing to, at least temporarily, bury their hatchets and work in unison to defeat him. The US Dems could certainly learn something from that, expanding their "tent" to accept and not insult Red Dogs.
"Suddenly, two key Central European populists were gone". Uh, no. Babis is still on the books as Prime Minister unless and until a new government is formed, and Kurz is not gone, he just moved over while, Putin-like, the loyalist he annointed steps in as Prime Minister while Kurz whispers in his ear. No, the loyalist is not named Medvedev although he could be. What is accurate is that the way Babis was defeated in the election was by everyone who was against him agreeing to, at least temporarily, bury their hatchets and work in unison to defeat him. The US Dems could certainly learn something from that, expanding their "tent" to accept and not insult Red Dogs.