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Ireland: Sinn Féin celebrates sensational election victory in Ireland

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Sinn Féin celebrates sensational election victory in Ireland

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Left nationalist party Sinn Féin achieves historical success

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The left-wing party Sinn Féin outperformed the established bourgeois parties Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in the Irish election. Nevertheless, Sinn Féin should not become the strongest force in parliament.

The left-wing nationalist Sinn Féin party has achieved historic success in the Irish election. The result is a political earthquake. But government formation is becoming difficult.

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Dhe left-wing party Sinn Féin outperformed the established bourgeois parties Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in the Irish election. According to Sunday evening voters’ first preferences, Sinn Féin did better than any other party. The party has 24.5 percent of the vote, Fianna Fáil 22.2 percent, and Prime Minister Leo Varadkar’s party, Fine Gael, only gets 20.9 percent. Sinn Féin chairwoman Mary Lou McDonald called the result a “revolution in the ballot box”.

The party, which was formerly considered the political arm of the underground organization IRA (Irish Republican Army), is unlikely to become the strongest force in parliament. She did not put up enough candidates for this. She had not expected such a success herself. With the complicated electoral system in Ireland, each voter has only one vote, but can specify multiple preferences that are counted in sequence.

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Best mood at Sinn Féin: Party leader Mary Lou McDonald and candidate Chris Andrews celebrate the election success

Credit: dpa / Niall Carson

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Difficult government formation

The election success of Sinn Féin is compared by observers with an earthquake or alternatively with a hurricane that swept across the island at the weekend, similar to the storm depression “Ciara” (which means “Sabine” in Germany). So far, the country’s policies have been dominated by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil since independence from Britain. Now an equivalent third political force is taking the stage.

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Government formation is likely to be difficult since the established parties have so far strictly rejected a coalition with Sinn Féin. Party leader Mary Lou McDonald said on Sunday that she wanted to explore options as to whether it was possible to form a government without one of the other two parties. The Taoiseach – as the Prime Minister is called in Ireland – Leo Varadkar said on Sunday evening that government formation would be “demanding”.

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If, contrary to expectations, government participation by the long-outlawed Sinn Féin occurs, the call for an early referendum on Irish reunification in Dublin should become the official line of government. That would also affect the Brussels negotiations with Great Britain on future relations after the end of the Brexit transition period at the end of the year.

Britain’s exit from the EU had played almost no role in the election. Only one percent of the voters said in a post-election survey that Brexit was the most important issue. The issues of health, housing and pensions were far more important for voters.

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