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From Finland came 13 MEPs, 3 Conservatives, 3 from Center party, 2 Social democrats, 2 greens, and one from True Finn party, Swedish party and Christian Democrats. The turnout was 40,2 % which was nearly one % less than during previous election...
Tags: EUdebatte2009, EU elections, European Parliament, Finland
Hard-right Dutch maverick Geert Wilders ahead in EU polls Anti-Islam politician's party could take six seats in European parliament Geert Wilders, Holland's anti-immigrant, Muslim-baiting maverick, appeared to be heading for a triumph in his first European...
Tags: European Union, European Parliament, European Liberal Democrats D66, Netherlands, Geert Wilders, Britain, european elections, member states, eu votes, eu elections
A common utterance “money talks” is sometimes used also related to elections. One could suppose that if voting matters the parties or candidates are investing more to win elections. Normal marketing is sometimes not guaranteeing enough votes...
Tags: EU elections, European parliament, EUdebate2009, political corrupton, vote buying, election fraud, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila, Bulgaria, Finland
Centre for European Policy Studies) research fellows Julia De Clerck-Sachsse and Piotr Maciej Kaczyński, argues that the Parliament's crucial importance as a forum for public debate is on the wane. Since the EU enlargement of five years ago, which saw ten...
Tags: EU Parliament, eu elections, European Parliament, opinion surveys, TNS Opinion
While European Parliament elections soon are coming I was curious to see how EU propaganda machinery with their countless millions of taxpayers’ money is putting their best to attract public to cast their vote. So I opened Europarltv which...
Tags: European Parliament, EU elections, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila, propaganda
Ruling parties in some of the EU's biggest member states are coming under heavy fire in EU election campaigns, giving eurosceptic groups a chance to grab attention. Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi, whose right-wing PDL party is polled to scoop up to...
The British parliament expenses scandal could see far-right parties do better than previously expected in the EU elections, polls indicate. Meanwhile, German socialists are keen to block Barroso from a second term at the commission helm. Smaller parties...
Tags: eu elections
Two years after Bulgaria joined the European Union and Bulgarians voted for the first time in European Parliament elections in spring 2007, various surveys in April this year showed that the turnout on June 7 will most likely be low...Another interesting...
Tags: Bulgaria, football game, Boiko Borissov, Boyko Borisov, EU Elections, european elections, European Parliament, Turkey, broken leg
Due the election year Europe Day’s main event in Helsinki, Finland, got quite high level speakers. The Day was celebrated in amusement park, theFinnish Commissioner, Prime minister and Minister of Europe affairs spoke, MEPs had a panel...
Tags: EU elections, European Parliament, MEP, Finland, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila
A soon to be released survey from the European Commission's polling service, Eurobarometer, shows that interest in the election is weak right across the union, reports France's Liberation daily. The newest EU citizens, from member states that joined...
Tags: eu elections, record low