The first ever elections to the European Parliament held in the Czech Republic finished surprising. Over 8 million Czech citizens had the right to choose from 31 political parties or alliances. But not many of them (us) used the possibility to influence the European politics. The election turnout reached only 28%. The voters are at…
Tag: European Elections 2004
Gooooood Morning Democracy…
Our esteemed green hero, Bart Staes, held on firmly to his seat in the European Parliament, last week. Some had predicted his re-election to be very unlikely, so Bart was in quite a good mood, Sunday night. And of course, when a politician finds himself in a good mood, our national television always has its…
What are we up to in Cyprus?
Theodosia Hadjiloe was the candidate for the European Union elections from the Cyprus Young Greens. For the past month the pre-election campaign has been at its peak. Here, you can find some details of the events we organized. On Sunday 23rd May we organized under the Legabiente umbrella a beach clean-up at Lara in Paphos…
Three Green Parties – Zero Votes
Nothing new under the Hungarian Sun… Reporting about green results at elections in Hungary traditionally consists of explaining why not. Therefore I will skip this part of the story. It is hardly likely that I would find any excuse or factor that hasn’t been cited yet. The Hungarian green voters could find themselves in a…
England: Things are looking good here!
The England and Wales Green Party held its 2 European Parliament seats in extremely difficult circumstances at the European Union elections on 10th June. We not only had the problem of a reduction in the number of seats but we also faced opposition from several new political directions. The new anti-war RESPECT – The Unity…
European Elections in Spain and Catalonia
In Spain, the biggest political parties of the country, the Social-democrats (PSOE) and the right-wing Partido Popular (PP), considered those elections as a second round of the Spanish elections of the 14th of March. That day, the PP lost the elections and their man Rajoy was kicked out and Zapatero, a Social-democrat, became president. The…
Campaigning in Eindhoven
While some of the active GroenLinks members gathered together in Amsterdam to celebrate the end of the EP election campaign, a small group of enthusiastic Greens were still campaigning in Eindhoven. Fortunately, the Sun seemed to be in a very positive mood too, which was good for the atmosphere. With three boxes filled with campaign…
Ireland: A lesson to be learnt?
While the European Union elections hold a certain amount of importance in Ireland, on this occasion at least, the campaign degenerated into a so-called entertainment or beauty contest without actual entertainment nor beauty. Instead, stupidity and personality were present in droves. With the result that come election day, people were none the wiser on who…
Denmark: when losing some votes feels like a great victory
The Peoples Movement Against the EU, Folkebevaegelsen mod EU, that the Greens are part of, looked like a looser the first 2 and 1/2 hours after the EU-elections. Obeying the EU rules, no results were published before 22:00. The exit poll showed 3,5 % and no seats for the first time since the first direct…
we want YOU for the FYEG european election campaign!
As you all know, there will be European elections in June 2004. Some of you are strong proponents of European integration and believe that the European Parliament could play a crucial role in overcoming the so-called ‘democratic defecit’ of the European Union. Others would love nothing more than to blow that very same European Union…