EP elections 2014

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I tried to vote on the first day, it was not working and I gave up.

I don't know about the German candidates in Germany, but at least José Bové is very famous in France, probably more known than Barroso, Schultz or Van Rompuy. It would definitly boost EELV in France if he is nominated.

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Who is in 'others'? (-14 is a lot)

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Some news from Greece

What's up with the LAOS (and its two MEPs)?

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On May 8, the ZDF (main German TV broadcaster) and the ORF (main Austrian TV broadcaster) will host a joint TV debate between Jean-Claude Juncker, the EVP frontrunner, and Martin Schulz, the PSE frontrunner.

Good, it seems like several countries are not very keen on supporting any of them as president of the Commission. Hopefully a debate on the ZDF and the ORF will create a bit of pressure from the German and Austrian publics.

I am still pro-EU but if next Commission president is not one of the candidate nominated by the parties I will be very dissapointed...

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In the English-speaking world, Juncker is associated with left-wing Eurofederalism (relative to the typical English-speaking country) and Schulz is a non-entity. Neither seems the right choice to keep the UK in the union.

I think that's not really a relevant issue for two reasons.
The first one is that the EU should not jeopardize occasions to improve its democratic functioning just to keep the UK in.
The second is that the choice of next EU commission president will have barely any effect on the UK membership amyway, it's negligible compared to other factors such as the results of the Scottish referendum and of the general election.

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I will be voting for Europe Citoyenne (Corinne Lepage's party) tomorrow. No chance for them to get a MEP, but whatever. I hesitated with EELV, since I kind of like José Bové.

Glad to see that the most pro-EU party may arrive first in the Netherlands. I hope this exit poll is reliable. Still hoping for the PES to have the biggest group in the Parliement, but that seems unlikely now. :/

It's a bit late but since I worked for this website, I encourage you to check it out: http://www.euvox2014.eu/


(For the French here, how do you say 'voter par procuration' in English)?