Serbia and Brazil show the way: Abstention can overturn balances - The lesson of Tempi

The ballot boxes in Serbia and Brazil bring back a critical political conclusion: when citizens mobilize en masse, they can shift balances. In Serbia, turnout in the October 25 elections skyrocketed compared to the previous contest, while in Brazil turnout also moved at particularly high levels. The message also concerns Greece, where voter abstention can prove decisive for the outcome. And here the Tempi movement enters the equation: if social anger had acquired steady coordination, cohesion, and a common direction, it could have been translated into a stronger political intervention. Whether or not the government desires mass youth turnout is a political assessment that requires substantiation.

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