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by Jerome a Paris
Fri May 29th, 2009 at 08:14:25 AM EST
EUROPEAN ELECTIONS
This is meant as an exhaustive list of diaries and stories (and, as appropriate, comment threads) about the election for the European Parliament in June 2009.
Please post links to omitted relevant texts.
EUROPEAN ELECTIONS
Salon News threads:
- Salon, 3 March 2009 [Fianna Fail, Corazza Bildt, BNP]
- Salon, 4 March 2009 [Trippi, Libertas Sweden]
- Salon, 5 March 2009 [Filippetti, Sweden, Hungary, Czech Republic]
- Salon, 6 March 2009 [Italy, Romania]
- Salon, 7 March 2009 [gender quotas]
- Salon, 9 March 2009 [interest in EU elections]
- Salon, 10 March 2009 [Libertas UK]
- Salon, 11 March 2009 [French far left, Libertas UK & Ireland]
- Salon, 12 March 2009 [Hungary & EPP, Czech Rep.]
- Salon, 13 March 2009 [UK conservatives & EPP, Libertas & French sovereignists]
- Salon, 14 March 2009 [Swedish Pirate Party]
- Salon, 16 March 2009 [Main European youth organisations call for a true European debate]
- Salon, 16 March 2009 [European young federalists call for politicising and personalising EU policy-making]
- Salon, 17 March 2009 [Libertas leader to run in European elections]
- Salon, 17 March 2009 [French far right launches European election campaign]
- Salon, 17 March 2009 [European Greens: Do you want to blog live from the EGP Congress?]
- Salon, 17 March 2009 [Barroso 'regrets' Tory EPP move]
- Salon, 18 March 2009 [Libertas French Twitter in English]
- Salon, 18 March 2009 [Swedish Pirate Party to stand in EU elections]
- Salon, 18 March 2009 [EU parliament to run glitzy campaign]
- Salon, 19 March 2009 [Romanian president's daughter runs as independent]
- Salon, 19 March 2009 [EU video booths]
- Salon, 19 March 2009 [Web crazy? « Public Affairs 2.0]
- Salon, 19 March 2009 [Pole or Italian to head the European Parliament?]
- Salon, 19 March 2009 [Ganley of Libertas to stand for EU parliament]
- Salon, 20 March 2009 [Belgian municipalities refuse to organise EU elections]
- Salon, 20 March 2009 [Libertas to split UK anti-government vote?]
- Salon, 21 March 2009 [Libertas to field 100 candidates]
- Salon, 21 March 2009 [Jury team]
- Salon, 21 March 2009 [EU Political Profiler wants to help EU citizens to make their choice]
- Salon, 24 March 2009 [EPP leaders back partyless Barroso for second term]
- Salon, 24 March 2009 [First Polish expat running for the European Parliament]
- Salon, 24 March 2009 [Fini's National Alliance Commits Euthanasia, joins Berlusconi]
- Salon, 26 March 2009 [The non-campaign]
- Salon, 26 March 2009 ['time to test the EU's social character']
- Salon, 26 March 2009 [Rachida Dati]
- Salon, 27 March 2009 [EU Council spending disapproved by the European Parliament]
- Salon, 27 March 2009 [Le Pen might chair the European parliament]
- Salon, 28 March 2009 [Italian right-wing merger, Alleanza Nazionale, Il Popolo della Liberta]
- Salon, 28 March 2009 [Election billboards to go up on 1 April]
- Salon, 28 March 2009 [Le cas Barroso divise les socialistes européens]
- Salon, 28 March 2009 [Wałęsa running for the European Parliament]
- Salon, 29 March 2009 [Economic Crisis 'not helping' Eurosceptics gain consensus]
- Salon, 29 March 2009 [Italian/Polish face-off over presidency]
- Salon, 29 March 2009 [Tory donor gives £100,000 to UKIP]
- Salon, 30 March 2009 [Information is propaganda?]
- Salon, 30 March 2009 [European Parliament's communication strategy - it's all about choice]
- Salon, 30 March 2009 [Tory party to expel donor Wheeler]
- Salon, 31 March 2009 [EU Socialists want longer to choose commission chief]
- Salon, 1 April 2009 [tellBarroso.eu]
- Salon, 1 April 2009 [Latvia has its European party`s deputy candidate]
- Salon, 1 April 2009 [African monitors keen to oversee EU election]
- Salon, 3 April 2009 [Poland: Goalkeeper Artur Boruc running for the EP]
- Salon, 4 April 2009 [Czech Republic: Rebel Civic Democrats to stand for Libertas]
- Salon, 4 April 2009 [EU, bank bailouts, employment, Obama]
- Salon, 5 April 2009 [Deutschland: CSU setzt auf massive Steuersenkungen/Germany: CSU banks on tax cuts]
- Salon, 7 April 2009 [EU Democrats consider link with Libertas]
- Salon, 8 April 2009 [Predicted composition of Parliament/Centre-left not set for major gains in EU poll]
- Salon, 9 April 2009 [No clear majority predicted in new Parliament/some movement to left?]
- Salon, 10 April 2009 [EU woos young voters through MTV]
- Salon, 11 April 2009 [Berlin: Emnid-Umfrage zu Genmais-Verbot/Emnid Poll on GM maize ban]
- Salon, 11 April 2009 [Far right BNP threat to UK Labour party?]
- Salon, 11 April 2009 [‘Wales would be better off as an independent state in EU’]
- Salon, 12 April 2009 [France: Sarkozy's UMP still to finalise EP candidate list]
- Salon, 12 April 2009 [Who is the socialist candidate?]
- Salon, 13 April 2009 [Europe's parliament is in the ascendant]
- Salon, 14 April 2009 [La Longue marche vers l'Europe sociale/The long march towards a social Europe]
- Salon, 14 April 2009 [Where Now for European Political Parties?]
- Salon, 14 April 2009 [EU has achieved peace. Time to tackle social justice.]
- Salon, 14 April 2009 [EU parliament election survey]
- Salon, 15 April 2009 [EU a cookie monster? UKIP claim.]
- Salon, 15 April 2009 [Elections européennes : quels enjeux pour le Nord ?]
- Salon, 15 April 2009 [Cyprus: Elections will cost 5 million euro]
- Salon, 15 April 2009 [Corporate Europe Observatory, lobbying]
- Salon, 15 April 2009 [Eurobarometers for the 2009 EP elections]
- Salon, 16 April 2009 [Why don't Poles vote in EP elections?]
- Salon, 16 April 2009 [Liberal campaign launch]
- Salon, 16 April 2009 [What should the new Communications Commissioner actually do?]
- Salon, 16 April 2009 [Eurobarometer, Twitter, and piecemeal approaches to the European Dream]
- Salon, 17 April 2009 [MEPs to seek second pension bailout from taxpayers]
- Salon, 17 April 2009 [Grahnlaw: Open letter to Europarties]
- Salon, 17 April 2009 [PES without vision and without tact]
- Salon, 17 April 2009 [PES/ELDR: a tale of two open letters]
- Salon, 18 April 2009 [Ivari Padar, head of list of SDE Estonia]
- Salon, 18 April 2009 [MEP second pension list published]
- Salon, 19 April 2009 [Fianna Fáil joins Parliament's liberal grouping]
- Salon, 20 April 2009 [Worth voting for an MEP?]
- Salon, 20 April 2009 [Northern Ireland and the European Elections]
- Salon, 21 April 2009 [Democratic Left Alliance starts its euro-campaign in Poland]
- Salon, 21 April 2009 [SPD startet lockeres "Negative campaigning"]
- Salon, 21 April 2009 [Why it shouldn´t be Blair]
- Salon, 22 April 2009 [Socialist-Liberal clash marks EU campaign start]
- Salon, 22 April 2009 [Swedish Pirate Party support soars after file-sharing verdict]
- Salon, 23 April 2009 [“not the most exciting elections of all time” and a… ’scientific’ look at citizenship]
- Salon, 23 April 2009 [Grahnlaw: European elections: Federalist manifesto]
- Salon, 23 April 2009 [Predict09.eu : the possible outcome]
- Salon, 24 April 2009 [EP campaign meets the EU public]
- Salon, 25 April 2009 [OSCE plans mini mission for EU elections]
- Salon, 25 April 2009 ["Quand L'Europe veut, l'Europe peut", slogan de l'UMP]
- Salon, 27 April 2009 [Website detailing MEP activity closed]
- Salon, 27 April 2009 [Et la campagne européenne, dans tout ça?]
- Salon, 27 April 2009 [Attack on the European Commission's plan to regulate hedge funds]
- Salon, 28 April 2009 [What makes a good MEP?]
- Salon, 28 April 2009 [Why have the Socialists come out in support of Barroso?]
- Salon, 29 April 2009 [UK conservatives bring referendum into June election campaign]
- Salon, 30 April 2009 [Where's Europe Election '09 coverage?]
- Salon, 30 April 2009 [Europe seen as big bad wolf]
- Salon, 30 April 2009 [Poland eyes EU parliament top job at conservative pow-wow]
- Salon, 30 April 2009 [Se: Unga väljare kan ge Piratpartiet EU-mandat/Young voters can give Swedish Pirate Party EU mandate]
- Salon, 1 May 2009 [Expat voting]
- Salon, 2 May 2009 [Europe's centre-right confident of staying in power]
- Salon, 2 May 2009 [Election rhetoric 'endangering' further EU enlargement]
- Salon, 2 May 2009 [Few EU expats to vote locally in June elections]
- Salon, 3 May 2009 [Nobody but Barroso?]
- Salon, 3 May 2009 [What are Eurosceptic voters really voting for ?]
- Salon, 3 May 2009 [Keep Sweden's Pirate party at bay]
- Salon, 4 May 2009 [TH!NK ABOUT IT - "Home made" campaign material]
- Salon, 4 May 2009 ['Best way to beat the BNP is to vote Green']
- Salon, 6 May 2009 [Why there are no true Europe-wide election campaigns]
- Salon, 6 May 2009 [Anti-EU True Finn Timo Soini coverted into "true European"]
- Salon, 6 May 2009 [EU politics to be YouTubed]
- Salon, 7 May 2009 [MEPs stop Le Pen from chairing European Parliament]
- Salon, 7 May 2009 [EU left to back Barroso under social agenda]
- Salon, 7 May 2009 [France: Sarkozy the Campaigner Retakes the Stage ]
- Salon, 7 May 2009 [UK: 'liberal democrats aim to become bigger in the European elections']
- Salon, 7 May 2009 [Slovakia: Eurocampaign is 3D or Tell it with a chicken!]
- Salon, 8 May 2009 [European parliament enters campaign mode]
- Salon, 8 May 2009 [Viewpoint: A truly European vote?]
- Salon, 8 May 2009 [Predict09.eu updated]
- Salon, 9 May 2009 [MEPs seek control over EU commission president nomination]
- Salon, 9 May 2009 [European elections turnout 2009 - bets are on]
- Salon, 10 May 2009 [The European Parliament: More powerful than its reputation]
- Salon, 10 May 2009 [Romania: Social Democrats launch EP candidates and take the opportunity to attack President Basescu]
- Salon, 11 May 2009 [PES is not backing Barroso, but is not backing anyone. Confused?]
- Salon, 11 May 2009 [UK: LET'S NOT ALLOW MPs' EXPENSES SCANDAL TO DERAIL THE EUROPEAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN]
- Salon, 11 May 2009 [Britons urged to take EU pub quiz]
- Salon, 11 May 2009 [Netherlands: Green EU election profiler website launched]
- Salon, 12 May 2009 [Merkel in veiled attack against UK Tories ahead of elections]
- Salon, 12 May 2009 [Watchdog website keeps eye on MEP voting records]
- Salon, 12 May 2009 [If It Isn't Open, It Isn't The Internet (24 days left to the Euroelections June 2009)]
- Salon, 12 May 2009 [MORE NEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL « THE HONEYBALL BUZZ]
- Salon, 13 May 2009[Find your laziest MEP « Poland in the EU]
- Salon, 13 May 2009[Why vote - not (ac)countable EU-Politicians?]
- Salon, 13 May 2009[VoteWatch.eu - worth waiting for - Kosmopolito]
- Salon, 13 May 2009[EU allies warn UK opposition leader over rightwing pact]
- Salon, 13 May 2009[FT goes after Barroso]
- Salon, 13 May 2009[EurActiv.com - Spain ready for a liberal alternative, says EU poll candidate]
- Salon, 14 May 2009[Belgian ex-PM accuses commission of inaction in face of crisis]
- Salon, 14 May 2009[Liberals, Greens try to woo Socialists away from EU parliament right]
- Salon, 14 May 2009[Mark Mardell's Euroblog: Sarko the Red]
- Salon, 14 May 2009[Anna Diamantopoulou to be the PES Commission President candidate?]
- Salon, 14 May 2009[ France: Rachida Dati strides toward European parliament]
- Salon, 14 May 2009[Little Excitement Among Voters for European Parliament Election]
- Salon, 14 May 2009[Italy: Beppe Grillo's Blog: election lists]
- Salon, 15 May 2009[New anti-federalist EU political group open to Libertas members]
- Salon, 15 May 2009[In search of Europe: Euroscepticism, UK]
- Salon, 15 May 2009[Nordic bloc refining united position on EU future.]
- Salon, 16 May 2009[EP09: Challenging "I ain't bothered"/Vive l'Europe]
- Salon, 16 May 2009[Sweden: Prime Minister Reinfeldt: EP "has no influence"]
- Salon, 16 May 2009[Slovakia struggles to avoid lowest EU vote turn-out again]
- Salon, 17 May 2009[BNP could be at heart of far-right EU group]
- Salon, 17 May 2009[Postal workers refuse to deliver BNP leaflets]
- Salon, 17 May 2009[SNP European campaign kicks off]
- Salon, 17 May 2009[Greens offer UK voters 'alternative']
- Salon, 18 May 2009[BBC - Mark Mardell's Euroblog: voter apathy]
- Salon, 19 May 2009[Lessons from Ikea]
- Salon, 19 May 2009[UK expenses scandal may boost far right]
- Salon, 19 May 2009[Czech Republic: Civic Democrats cmpaign as part of planned right wing Euro coalition]
- Salon, 19 May 2009[TH!NK ABOUT IT - Margot Wallström Guest blog post]
- Salon, 19 May 2009[Grahnlaw: Europeanisation of European elections?]
- Salon, 20 May 2009[Majority of Europeans not interested in European Parliament elections]
- Salon, 20 May 2009[Rise of Europe's extreme politics]
- Salon, 20 May 2009[Can dual citizens vote twice in the European Elections?]
- Salon, 20 May 2009[Barroso pushing for early decision on new Commission]
- Salon, 21 May 2009[Gloves come off in EU election campaigns]
- Salon, 21 May 2009[BBC - Mark Mardell's Euroblog-capitals not representative]
- Salon, 21 May 2009[Belgium: Interview with Dirk Verhofstadt, brother of the former prime minister]
- Salon, 22 May 2009[Major domestic parties under fire in EU elections]
- Salon, 22 May 2009[EU voters don't have Turkey on their minds]
- Salon, 22 May 2009[Increasing voter turnout...in 2014]
- Salon, 22 May 2009[Getting Europeans to talk to each other:the need for pan European media]
- Salon, 22 May 2009[Spain's ruling PSOE has kicked off their political campaign]
- Salon, 23 May 2009[Ireland's "phantom" MEPs]
- Salon, 23 May 2009[Euro election issues country-by-country]
- Salon, 24 May 2009[Politicians condemn right-wing Czech TV election ad]
- Salon, 24 May 2009[Spain: Basque party Iniciativa Internacionalista can field candidates in EP elections]
- Salon, 25 May 2009[Why voting for a eurosceptic party is a good thing for the EU]
- Salon, 25 May 2009[UK: Far right BNP rejects Church's boycott call
- Salon, 25 May 2009[Ukip leader Nigel Farage boasts of his £2m in expenses]
- Salon, 26 May 2009[Barroso in countdown for possible second nomination]
- Salon, 26 May 2009[European Parliament President Hans-Gert Pöttering Answers Questions]
- Salon, 26 May 2009[Church enters the fray in European elections]
- Salon, 26 May 2009[Voter apathy reflects lack of interest in EU affairs]
- Salon, 27 May 2009[Germany's Martin Schulz: 'Europe Has Become an Over-Intellectualized Affair for Specialists']
- Salon, 27 May 2009[Opponents accuse poll-climbing Ukip of expenses hypocrisy]
- Salon, 27 May 2009[In search of Europe: Latvia]
- Salon, 27 May 2009[MEPs' perks under spotlight in EU elections]
- Salon, 27 May 2009[Mardell: Barroso not to be given easy ride.]
- Salon, 28 May 2009[Number of Europeans keen to vote in EU elections increases]
- Salon, 28 May 2009[Mardell: "Why vote if election promises aren't kept?"]
- Salon, 28 May 2009[Crusading women battle for seats in EU elections]
- Salon, 29 May 2009[Czech opposition leader attacked at European Parliament election meeting]
- Salon, 29 May 2009[Austria: only 21% to vote?]
- Salon, 29 May 2009[Dutch and Romanian parties using humour in campaigns]
- Salon, 29 May 2009[Socialists lose monopoly on socialist policies]
- Salon, 29 May 2009[French Socialists in Crisis: Archrivals Royal and Aubry Attempt Show of Unity]
- Salon, 29 May 2009[Estonian man casts first online vote in EU history]
- Salon, 29 May 2009[Socialists list 'terrible' potential MEPs]
- Salon, 29 May 2009[Anti-immigrant and Europhobic:far right rides populist wave
- Salon, 29 May 2009[one italian viewpoint.]
- Salon, 30 May 2009[Socks and rock and roll in EU election campaign]
- Salon, 30 May 2009[EU parliament: Where consensus is king]
- Salon, 30 May 2009[UK Conservatives pledge referendum on Lisbon treaty]
- Salon, 30 May 2009[Candidates for the European Parliament: The Rich, the Odd and the Beautiful]
- Salon, 30 May 2009[STATE OF THE UNION: 27 Views of Europe]
- Salon, 31 May 2009[Low Polish turnout in sight]
- Salon, 31 May 2009[German Social Democrats pave way for Barroso II]
- Salon, 31 May 2009[Portugal little aware of election date]
- Salon, 31 May 2009[Conservative grandees turn on UK's David Cameron over plans for European Union]
- Salon, 31 May 2009[Bulgarian vote as corruption verdict]
- Salon, 1 June 2009[German Turks to vote SPD in EU poll despite local row]
- Salon, 1 June 2009[Catholic Polish voter appeal]
- Salon, 1 June 2009[Europe's desperate bid to bring out voters]
- Salon, 1 June 2009[Finland: EP candidate told to stop running "welfare bum immigrants" ad]
- Salon, 1 June 2009[Complexity of EU election process]
- Salon, 1 June 2009[BNP leader 'uses black teenager's murder for votes']
- Salon, 1 June 2009[Having girls makes fathers more leftwing]
- Salon, 2 June 2009[Why you must vote in the European elections]
- Salon, 2 June 2009[One man, one vote - not in Europe]
- Salon, 2 June 2009[Poland's controversial Law and Justice Party]
- Salon, 3 June 2009[Italy: Pss! Wanna buy some votes?]
- Salon, 3 June 2009[What are the powers of the European Parliament?]
- Salon, 3 June 2009[Merkel and Sarkozy in joint call for 'strong Europe']
- Salon, 3 June 2009[Guide to the 2009 European Elections]
- Salon, 3 June 2009[Sweden: The Pirate Bay / Vote or die...]
- Salon, 4 June 2009[New MEPs to face tougher expenses regime]
- Salon, 4 June 2009[Netherlands to release EU election results early]
- Salon, 4 June 2009[Europe is right-wing but...]
- Salon, 4 June 2009[Euro election gets celebrity veneer]
- Salon, 4 June 2009[EU watches as angry UK kicks off EU elections]
- Salon, 4 June 2009['Bulgarian trucker' replaces 'Polish plumber' in EU elections]
- Salon, 4 June 2009[Pirates to join Green or Liberal groups in EU parliament]
- Salon, 4 June 2009[Jobs crisis tops EU agenda as polls open]
- Salon, 4 June 2009[Costas Simitis against Barroso]
- Salon, 4 June 2009[Anti-gay, climate change deniers: meet UK's David Cameron's new friends]
- Salon, 5 June 2009[British, Dutch voters kick off European election]
- Salon, 5 June 2009[Majority of MEPs do not `tweet']
- Salon, 5 June 2009[Who Is to Blame for EU Voter Apathy?]
- Salon, 5 June 2009[Romano Prodi urges voters to 'save Italian dignity']
- Salon, 5 June 2009[German MEPs test legal limits in EU elections]
- Salon, 5 June 2009[European Parliamentary elections: A farce without the fun of Eurovision]
- Salon, 6 June 2009[Netherlands embraces far right in EU elections]
- Salon, 6 June 2009[Commission criticises Dutch for early results publication]
- Salon, 6 June 2009[Campaign fired up by contentious exchange]
- Salon, 6 June 2009[UK local election results-a foretaste?]
- Salon, 6 June 2009[Sweden: 2009 school mock election]
- Salon, 7 June 2009[Anxious moments for EU leaders as sceptic Irish and Czechs vote]
- Salon, 7 June 2009[French liberals rebel against Barroso]
- Salon, 7 June 2009[MEPs who campaign across Europe]
- Salon, 7 June 2009[Polling Day 2]
- Salon, 7 June 2009[Watching the eurosceptics]
- Salon, 7 June 2009[European Elections, Sweden]
- Salon, 8 June 2009[Spain's Socialists can smile in defeat]
- Salon, 8 June 2009[Without stars in their eyes - Il Sole-24 Ore/ Presseurop]
- Salon, 8 June 2009[Final round of marathon EU vote]
- Salon, 8 June 2009[A toast to Europe's diversity]
- Salon, 8 June 2009[Bulgaria uses weather, music charts as code to get around exit poll rules]
- Salon, 9 June 2009[Greens make giant leap in France]
- Salon, 9 June 2009[EU Parliament horse-trading begins]
- Salon, 9 June 2009[Lowest Ever Turnout: Europe Swings to the Right amid Voter Apathy]
- Salon, 9 June 2009[Eurosceptics score major win in Britain]
- Salon, 9 June 2009[Global vote, local mindset]
- Salon, 9 June 2009[Job fears fail to rally left-wing vote]
- Salon, 9 June 2009[Minister quits as backbiting continues - UK Politics, UK]
- Salon, 9 June 2009[Independents could tip the balance in Euro Parliament]
- Salon, 9 June 2009[Italy: Berlusconi wins but Northern League has its best result]
- Salon, 9 June 2009[Stunning reversal of fortunes for Ireland's Fianna Fáil]
- Salon, 9 June 2009[M of A - Biased Election Reporting]
- Salon, 9 June 2009[Italy - The wrong way round]
- Salon, 9 June 2009[Italy - The wrong way round II]
- Salon, 10 June 2009[Left tongue tied as right takes all]
- Salon, 10 June 2009[Rout of the soft left: Europe veers right to beat recession]
- Salon, 10 June 2009[Sweden: We're not geeks any more, say Pirates of the internet]
- Salon, 10 June 2009[Barroso agrees to serve a second term, with conditions]
- Salon, 10 June 2009[Europe's centre-right declares war on UK Conservatives]
- Salon, 10 June 2009[The World from Berlin: 'Europe's Elites Are Destroying the Grand Project']
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