Bruce_Bitenfils wroteFor the only guy who made sense to me, François Bayrou. A centrist, who wants to cut spendings without upping taxes too much. A humanist as well.
Wow you French guys can actually determine what side of politics your politicians sit on?
In Australia politicians sit on whatever side their media minded advisers tell them to to maximise public approval.
E.g. Labor party is meant to be centre-left.
Yet it started privatising a lot of government businesses in the 1980s.
Recently it has introduced new taxes on mining and carbon, but is cutting government expenditure (more right wing orientanted) at a time when Keynsian economics thought states government should be spending more.
Their industrial legislation has actually reduced worker's rights as well as employer rights and has just created more red tape.
Tasmanian Labor government is slashing government spending despite the state being in a recession.
The Liberal party was meant to be centre-right. However they do very left wing things such as acquiring surplus hospitals due for closure and then keeping them open.
Current Liberal leader, Tony Abbott, political position is simply opposite of what the Labor government position is.
Voting in Australia is thus mainly a waste of time. Yet it's compulsory to turn up for voting or you get fined.
I always view Australia as a fake democracy. I remember one commentator describing Australia as the most controlled country in the OECD with the government controlling everything from the size and colour of your fence to dog/cat ownership to ensuring the political system favours existing elites.
