Europe’s headache is just continuing after the UK elections. Negotiations at least will be as complicated as they have been the past years, eventhough some release was expected, and a public referendum will probably happen by 2017. It has been curious and unexpected however the huge drop of the laborist and the other medium-sized parties, in opposition to the mainstream arise of alternative forces in other countries. And mentioning curiosities, Mhairi Black will take the youngest seat in 100 years at Westminster. With only 20 years old, and just finishing her degree in Politics, she represents the Scottish nationalists. In this interview (in Spanish) she highlights how the Scottish youth has opened the eyes and how politics are evolving.
I think that what happened in Scotland, and I am an example of it, is that the referendum has forced people to question themselves, to open the eyes, look at the society and say ‘Oh My, there are so many problems! Why does not anybody fix this?’ And we have started to connect the dots among the problems in our lives and politics. There has been a political awaken in the society, and it is happening basically among the young people. We have been always disillusioned by the fact that no matter who is in Westminster, nothing changes. We have opened the eyes and suddenly attending parties doesn’t seem that important when here are children that can not eat.
.. I wish this spirit spreads all along Europe, and young people stop accepting what they have been given, and start feeling empowered to make the change themselves. There is a gap between the complains we naturally give to the society, and the willingness to actually make something happen.
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