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davidn3600

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3. She's a populist in a rising party challanging the establishment

Reply to whistler162 (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 19, 2016, 08:16 PM

Jun 2016

Sound familiar?

We are seeing this more and more throughout Europe and even in the US. Voters of western democracies no longer find the status quo establishments to be acceptable, and they are electing outsiders to force radical change.

Raggi is also new to the political scene and a relatively unknown.

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