Protests are part of global movement

Because the protest in Romania is directed against the political system as a whole it is unrealistic in the eyes of the left-liberal dialy Der Standard to expect the demonstrators to join forces with the opposition: "Băsescu's political career is now at stake. Because unlike in Russia and Hungary the opposition in Bulgaria enjoys 50 percent support according to the polls. However it is unlikely that the demonstrators will take sides with the opposition because for many of them the parties and trade unions themselves are untrustworthy. The social democrats in Spain were also unable to convince the 'indignant' in Madrid. According to political analyst Cristian Pirvulescu the protests in Romania are part of a global movement calling for more social and political democracy. These people don't want another party, they want a new political class."

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