European Parliament Election: May 23-26, 2019

[beesley]

After SPÖ and FPÖ, the ÖVP is now also out with their first poster campaign feat. the longtime MEP and frontrunner Othmar Karas and Chancellor Kurz's darling Karoline Edtstadler, currently State Secretary of the Interior and 2nd on the ÖVP's Europe list.

The ÖVP's core message is "experience" (Karas posters) and "excellence" (Edtstadler posters).

"Europe needs professionals."

The backside of the poster reads:

"You have to understand Europe to change it for the better."

"Europe needs excellence."

The backside of the poster reads:

"You have to change Europe to preserve it."

And a neutral one:

"Europe needs Power. We are Europe. Let's make it better. Let's shape Europe."

Don't know about you guys, but I've always thought that Austria has amazing election posters.

[beesley]

As a Commonwealth citizen, voting for the Brexit Party today.

[beesley]

As a Commonwealth citizen, voting for the Brexit Party today.

If the EU is dumb enough to allow Canadians to blow up the EU then maybe we all should support the Brexit Party.

Actually, it's the UK's laws that entitle Commonwealth citizens to vote in UK elections, provided they are resident on a valid visa.

And at least in this case, it's a wash. I cast my proxy vote today (or rather, had my mother-in-law cast it). Had to hold my nose to vote Lib Dem, but Labour just isn't pushing hard enough to kill off Brexit. Fingers crossed it works!

Does this include general elections, too?

Yes. Inexcusably, it's only EU citizens who are not allowed to vote in GE's in the UK, no matter what. This leads to the preposterous situation where EU citizens who have been resident in the UK for decades can't vote for their MPs while Canadians in the UK on a 1 year student visa can.

At least in my case, my residence here is a longer term job, I've lived here for years. But I agree, the laws should be modified.

[beesley]

As a Commonwealth citizen, voting for the Brexit Party today.

Wait, Commonwealth citizens can vote in EU elections? I thought that was reserved to British and EU citizens?

Commonwealth Citizens with UK long-term residence can vote in elections. I've lived here for years.