BEYOND ANOTHER BROKEN TWO-PARTY-SYSTEM
In Ireland, elections were held on Saturday 8 February 2020 for representatives of the House of Deputies; and surprisingly, Sinn Fein, the revolutionary party historically affiliated to the I.R.A. (Irish Republican Army) , won the election with 24.5% of the vote, ahead of the two parties that have dominated the country's politics over the last few years, such as Fine Gael (right wing, conservative and Christian Democrat party) with 20.9% of support; and Fianna Fáil (republican and conservative party between the centre and centre right) with 22.2% of the vote. There was a 62.9% turnout, 2.2% less than in 2016. The I.R.A. was born from the conflict that still exists for the independence of Northern Ireland, whose capital is Belfast, one of the cities most affected by this latent conflict. It arose in 1921, when Great Britain granted sovereignty to Ireland, but reserved the part of the North, which remains under British rule . People who lived and still live in this territory...