Socialist internal wars

The Socialist's internal war in France has its

consequences even between the socialists in Portugal.

After the resignation of the Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, 

President Hollande gave him 24 hours to form a new goverment, 

without the anti-austerity rebels.

But the climate of a political crisis remains 

and some people even fear the risk of a regime crisis.

The newspaper "Monde" headlined yesterday: 

"Hollande imposes his own team on a Socialist Party in splinters."

The question is asked:

What is happening to the leftists? 

The leaders are not ideologically coherent.

Hamon, who is a leftist politician, 

who is reluctant to assume the burden of governance in times of crisis, 

Montebourg is an anti-European, 

who advocates a nationalist economic policy 

and proposes to "de-globalization". 

Attempts to mobilize public opinion through statements 

of hostility to Angela Merkel and Germany.

The problem in France is economic stagnation 

and loss of competitiveness. 

The economy is not growing, while unemployment rises. 

Valls opted for a policy of reducing costs 

and incentives for firms to boost production and employment. 

The left faction of the Socialist Party 

defends a policy of increasing the purchasing power of households 

by boosting consumption and hence economic growth. 

These concepts are not incompatible 

but complementary. 

The Government, however, considers that, at this stage, 

it should give priority to the first, of cost reduction.

The same happens between the socialists in Portugal. 

Both candidadtes for "PM", defend the same policies, 

actually both are the same face of the same coin.

Françoise Fressoz of "Monde"says that the loss of authority 

of President Hollande on the socialist party

and of France itself, 

derives from the false expectations created.

"It is a time bomb, and it could be devastating.

The absence of economic growth is the detonator"

 A regime crisis?

Both the Tuesday´s editions of the "Liberation" (leftist), 

as well as the "Figaro" (rightist) newsparers, 

announced the opening of a "crisis of regime." 

The leftists are at "war"with each other, 

while the rightists are in full disorientation, 

and the far-right of Marine Le Pen is consolidating 

its position in the political system.

The centrist, François Bayrou, president of MoDem,

 explains that France is not far from a crisis of the regime. 

"That is to say only one thing: 

the country is ungovernable, 

the government does not have the support of the public 

and does not have a solid majority 

Moreover the opposition itself is on full explosive course."

For the political scientist Gerard Grunberg, 

the system of natural and lasting alliances is blocked. 

In a country that is undergoing a severe economic and social crisis, 

"this creates extremely violent tensions. 

In some countries, like Germany, there is an escape valve, 

the great alliance between center-left and center-right. 

In France such a valve does not exists and the entire system is blocked. 

"The two major parties can not even make solid alliances in their own areas 

and have no constituency to govern the country in times of crisis. "

A PERFECT DESCRIPTION OF THE SITUATION IN PORTUGAL, 

with the socialist factions at war, 

unable to make alliances,

and no support from the majority of the public.

So much for Hollande being the socialist "saviour" of Europe.

He can´t even govern his own party and country!!