European Parliament Election: May 23-26, 2019

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DPP lead candidate Peter Kofod Poulsen, who first received media attention when he started the site "Report an Eastern European" where people could report suspicious behaviour from Eastern Europeans, is now called Peter Kofod Hristov after his marriage to a Bulgarian citizen.

Classic Geert. In 2012 he started a hotline to report cases of nuisance by "MOE-landers": people from Central and Eastern Europe. Wilders is married to a Hungarian.

To quote my old (and rather conservative) history teacher - "Left-wingers always think the same way. Right-wingers just don't think at all."

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Danish test:

Kim Pagels (RV) 75%
Jørn Grønkjær (Alternativet) 73%
Amalie Søgaard Nielsen (RV) 71%
Bo Vesterlund (SF) 70%
Annemette Schønberg Johnsen (SF) 69%
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Thorkil Sohn (Folkebevægelsen mod EU) 33%

Austrian test:

SPÖ +166
Grüne +163
KPÖ +143
NEOS -13
FPÖ -92
ÖVP -168

Weighted, as it allows for a rating between 1 and 9 instead of just single/double weight.

As to my actual ballot...here's the German test

Neue Liberale 73,7 %
Volt 72,4%
CDU/CSU 69,7 %
Free Voters 68,4%
SPD 65,8 %
FDP 65,8 %
GRÜNE 64,5 %
DiEM25 64,5 %
PIRATEN 63,2 %
ÖDP 61,8%
Tierschutzpartei 60,5 %
Die PARTEI 57,9 %
DIE LINKE 50 %
DKP 42,1 %
AfD 38,2 %
NPD 38,2 %
III. Weg 34,2 %

Didn't bother with the rest.

No real surprises. Probably going to vote for PARTEI as they are at least serious about fulfilling their promises

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Portugal: CESOP-UCP poll for RTP1:

Vote share %:

33% PS, 8/9 seats
23% PSD, 5/6
  9% BE, 2
  8% CDU, 2
  8% CDS, 2
  3% PAN, 0/1
  3% Alliance, 0/1
  6% Others, 0
  7% Blank/Invalid

Poll conducted between 16 and 19 May 2019. Polled 1,882 voters. MoE of 2.3%.

That crazy country where the 1990s - or really 1970s - party system lives on.

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Dutch Forum voor Democratie (FVD), the German Family Party and Greek Solution have just been accepted into ECR. Dutch ChristenUnie opposed FVD entering the group and left the room.

Any chance that CU joins EPP?

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On the other hand, Strache badly needs a job now because he’s virtually unemployed right now and the EU parliament seat would be lucrative (10.000€+ per month).

Won't he get a ton of money for years to come?

His wife doesn't seem to think so.