Day 15

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Austria has a new government: a coalition between the far-right and the basically-also-far-right. Ugh. Bonus: The far-right FPÖ holds the two ministries that include the police, the military, and all intelligence services, wonderful. Uuuugh. Reading what some of our new ministers have previously said about our country and democracy makes me sick, and worried.
For extra irony, at the same time blue-black #2 starts, the BUWOG trial started, featuring corruption at the highest levels during blue-black #1 (short summary; there has already been a partial confession by one of the accused, fun.)

Coincidentally, a thematically appropriate rec for day 15: Switching Sides
Double Agent Vader (Star Wars), by Fialleril
Summary: The one where Vader turned double agent for the Rebellion about three years after ROTS, and Leia is now his primary contact with the Rebellion.
I love the concept for this AU, and it's brilliantly executed. The series is unfinished but there's plenty of great content already, and so much dramatic irony stemming from who knows what about whose identity. The worldbuilding is also great.

Comments

[snickfic]

Oh man, I'm so sorry about your politics. :((( *hugs*

[schneefink]

It's not as bad as it is in many other places, at least that's something, but the far-right will be able to choose the next three Constitutional Court justices and it sucks.

My Sympathies

[jesse_the_k]

Are ministers directly elected, or is the ministries' distribution the result of negotiations between Bad and Worse?

Re: My Sympathies

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The ministries are divided up during coalition negotiations by the new government parties.