Monday, June 14, 2004

Want to know how the EU Parliamentary election turned out?

Don't bother checking the Associated Press. From Arthur Chrenkoff - Spinning the Euro-results:
This is how AP sees the new political landscape:
"European voters punished leaders in Britain, Italy and the Netherlands for getting involved in Iraq - but also turned their ire on the war's chief opponents German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and French President Jacques Chirac over local issues, projections showed Sunday."
Isn't it nice how the pro-war leaders are punished for their pro-war stance, whereas anti-war leaders are punished over "local issues"? There obviously aren't any local issues in Great Britain, Italy and the Netherlands, but plenty in Germany and France.
Follow the link for Arthur's election analysis.