Opportunism

Since March, the world resembles a disaster movie. For their plot, screenwriters follow a proven model: scientists warn about a threat—an earthquake, a volcano, a virus, a meteor, or a terrorist attack; politicians ignore the warning because of ignorance, stupidity, or opportunism; when the disaster occurs, some heroes save the day.

If the customary rules of two-party politics were in place, we would have to assert that the refugee issue was a national issue and, as such, should not be exploited by an opportunistic opposition for reasons of political expediency. But these rules are no more. No one really expects of the main opposition to show self-restraint.

Ongoing developments in Greece's center-left are reminiscent of the Greek Communist Party (KKE) in the 1930s: There is an abundance of factionalism, skirmishing and allegations of opportunism.

More than half of Turks see justice as the most important value, according to a study conducted by Doğan Holding regarding Turkish society's common values. 

These days it is as if there are no ideas nor strategies, only the opportunistic use of images and phrases, accusations and fairy tales, whenever this serves the interests of the speaker.

?He [the madman] ? explained the extremity of his actions as president ? as necessary to achieve ?subjective immunity? against foreign plots and influences.

?[His] ideological rationalization for a lifelong pattern [is] all actions are justified if they are in the service of furthering [his] needs and ambitions.

President Traian Basescu on Monday evening said that he would not go to vote if Victor Ponta and Klaus Iohannis entered the second round of the presidential elections, as the two were 'opportunists and corrupt.'

In the months that followed Greece’s 2012 national election, the Democratic Left (DIMAR) party of Fotis Kouvelis, a moderate socialist, went on to shoulder part of the responsibility in the bid to rescue the debt-hit country, joining the coalition government along with conservative New Democracy and socialist PASOK.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Justice Nikola Selakovic stated in Saint Petersburg on Wednesday that the commitment to safeguarding the fundamental values that the international relations are based on contributes to realization and further strengthening of the international law.