Hold on and breathe deeply!!

Do you enjoy roller coasters and high speed? Yes? Sure? So… you just have to read the news and you will feel the sensation of ‘free fall’ all the time. Forget about Universal Studios or Disneyland for a moment; at the time, Europe (and mostly Spain) is the place for the rides. Come on in, I’ll show you the best ones of today’s news. You have to be 44 inches or taller though.

Let’s start with France. They had the first round of the presidential elections yesterday and it seems that Sarkozy was beaten by the socialist François Hollande. Hollande obtained 28.63% of the votes followed by the current President, Nicolas Sarkozy with 27.08% of the votes. Is it a good result? From a first point, it is, it appears to bring some hope to the left-wing parties and it shows dissatisfaction with the EU’s situation. However, we have to reflect about this and see all the perspectives. We can’t obviate the fact that the ultraconservative Marine Le Pen gathered the 18.01% of the votes, a historic result and mainly among young people (a serious issue of concern). We will have to wait until the 6^th of May to know what happens in the second round.

François Hollande (Reuters)

Let’s go to Norway, because the craziness of the anti-Islamic Anders Behring Breivik keeps being heard in his trial. First, the confessed murderer of 77 people says he would do it again, and then he tells the most macabre details about that 22^nd of July; a date that will endure in everyone’s mind. He affirmed that when he realized someone was playing possum he would end them with a shot in the head. Breivik is a fanatic against multiculturalism, against Marxism and any other socialist power. According to France Presse, Anders Breivik apologized this Monday to the victims of his acts that had no political affiliation. However, he refused to extend those apologies to the families of the 69 young socialist militants who he killed in cold blood. The Norwegian extremist appears not to regret his acts and keeps carrying his chilling ideological hatred.

Breivik with his lawyer (Reuters)

And let’s come closer to where I am from. How is the Spanish State these days? Well, I mentioned some things related to the Monarchy in my presentation post but that is not all at all. We have to know that this country is always walking backwards, always at a different pace of the rest of the countries of the Union… When it seems that the right-wing political parties are worn and that the tendency will be a turn to the left, Spain goes and chooses a right-wing party, conservative and against social measures. It is true that times are hard, that the crisis is hitting everybody and even that the left-wing party had made its mistakes but things are getting worse and people are the ones being beaten and squeezed: an extremely high unemployment rate, a labor reform that helps the employer and the capital but always harms the worker, hard cuts in health and education systems and even inexplicable changes in the public radio and TV stations. It is a shame and it is happening and I am sure we will be hearing a lot more of this and worse. New rides keep coming!!!

Dear visitor, we came to the end of the ride. Please keep your arms inside the vehicle until you finish reading the bottom line. We hope you enjoyed your visit and will love to see you again soon.

By the way…

Happy Day of the Book!!!!