If it ever looks like a communist party* gets close to winning elections anywhere in Europe the political establishment will ban that party, imprison its leaders, persecute its followers and be praised for it by the EU as champions of freedom and democracy.
The default axiomatic assumption is always that communism is antithetical to democracy, hence even if every single person voted for a communist party that would still be undemocratic. Democracy is equated with liberalism and free market capitalism.
*(I'm referring of course to genuine communist parties which want to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat, not to the various "euro-communist" parties à la PCF in France, BE in Portugal, KPÖ in Austria, PCE in Spain, etc. that are really little more than social democrats.)
it appears the leading opposition party is a russophilic communist party, so hopefully the voters switch to them
Or next day can get couped up by NATO.
If it ever looks like a communist party* gets close to winning elections anywhere in Europe the political establishment will ban that party, imprison its leaders, persecute its followers and be praised for it by the EU as champions of freedom and democracy.
The default axiomatic assumption is always that communism is antithetical to democracy, hence even if every single person voted for a communist party that would still be undemocratic. Democracy is equated with liberalism and free market capitalism.
*(I'm referring of course to genuine communist parties which want to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat, not to the various "euro-communist" parties à la PCF in France, BE in Portugal, KPÖ in Austria, PCE in Spain, etc. that are really little more than social democrats.)
Yeah when EU means democracy it is always the Bandera types !