The election better be over.
What all is affected by the upcoming election, and conversely, what is just normal, everyday, routine confusion, shenanigans and disorder?
The Turow mine is an interesting case demonstrating the unreliability of the ties of a group of troublemakers (except perhaps Slovakia) - members of the European Union known by the acronym V4. The lack of empathy and understanding for the specific problems of the neighbour may have its roots in the attempt to convince potential voters that this or that politician can strongly defend national interests.
The much-maligned digitisation of government has not moved forward much. However, is it really in the interest of the state leadership to have computer literate citizens who can interact with the government through simple and easy to use platforms and applications? Probably not. Trying to make a drastic change in this area may discourage older voters and, on the contrary, activate the still passive young people. And thus risk undesirable changes. So it is better to do nothing.
The issue of vaccinations, tests, antibodies, and anything else connected to the never-ending epidemic is laden with a lot of conflicting information disseminated through traditional and trendy communication channels. From the traditional whispering and presentation of opinions at meetings with citizens, to chain emails, social media posts, appearances by experts, politicians and people outside these two categories, to leaflets, posters, billboards and advertisements. Elections, and the campaigns associated with them, dramatically affect the level of rationality of the discussion conducted on the subject and pit citizens against each other.
The topic of migration seemed more or less dead, but it is not. It is clearly an electoral conjucturalism that may score some points.
The Green Deal, boiled down to a Bohemian-understandable issue around the production of internal combustion engine cars and the banning of their sale for the foreseeable future, is also proof of the workings of acronyms, symbols and simplification in the run-up to an election.
And by the way, any politician who gets into an argumentative emergency will eventually bring up firefighters, nurses, or teachers.
In the second half of October, we hope to once again encounter analysis, reports and analysis in the public space that are not distorted by a political filter and can be viewed with hope and optimism.