Spanish socialists claim that Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski is one of the most evil politicians in the world and Poles are over-zealous Catholics.
Running up to the European Parliament elections, the Socialists’ Party of Catalonia (PSC) has released a poster showing top right-wing politicians from Europe and the US. It depicts former president of France Jacques Chirac, former president of the US George Bush, former PM of Spain Jose Maria Aznar, PM of Italy Silvio Berlusconi and president of Poland Lech Kaczynski.
The slogan on the red poster reads “They also want to change the world,” which is a hint at a popular election motto of Barack Obama. With the help of the poster, the Catalonian party is trying to convince the inhabitants of the region that the left has a better idea on how to rule the world.
The Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), federated with the Socialists’ Party of Catalonia, and headed by Spain’s PM Jose Luis Zapatero, also refers to Poland in its EP election campaign.
The PSOE’s short film on the ‘threatening European right wing,’ is based on pan-European stereotypes.
It depicts a Polish priest who says that in Europe there is a place for only one religion; a German skinhead who maintains that homosexuality is a disease; an Italian farmer who thinks global warming is a lie; a Dutch waiter who complains about immigrants who steal jobs; an English woman who is enthusiastic about private health care; a French woman who supports capital punishment and a Spaniard who claims companies have the right to sack employees.
In the spot’s background, one can hear the European Union’s anthem and the slogan at the end of the film says “It doesn’t matter what they think, what matters is who they’re going to vote for.”
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