tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post7060268928607480265..comments2024-02-25T10:22:38.186+00:00Comments on The European Citizen: Where exactly are the Europarties?Eurocentrichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439536905456080079noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-59221432660777266632011-06-25T23:59:04.445+01:002011-06-25T23:59:04.445+01:00The Party campaigns and then, after the elections,...The Party campaigns and then, after the elections, it will forms its parliamentary Group for 5 years; thus the Party should not be considered as part of it's Group since the Party is the actual political entity that forms the Group as such, not the other way around; see: <br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europarties<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_the_European_UnionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-2572270812635510262011-06-25T21:34:49.594+01:002011-06-25T21:34:49.594+01:00Thanks.
Yes, I tend to use the Group names and th...Thanks.<br /><br />Yes, I tend to use the Group names and the Party names interchangably - I'll try to make it clearer in the future. On a pedantic note, though, surely the ELDR are part of ALDE since ALDE contains other MEPs apart from ELDR (therefore they join together)?<br /><br />I meant the Europarties should run the campaigns more, and it's their structure I'm questioning, and asking if they need reform, rather than the Groups themselves. I hope the next election will see presidential candidates and common policy platforms - maybe even talk of coalition preferences!Eurocentrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439536905456080079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-3470476198732479132011-06-25T16:47:08.805+01:002011-06-25T16:47:08.805+01:00Here's another blog on the EPP Summit:
http://...Here's another blog on the EPP Summit:<br />http://andrewjburgess-eu.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Btw, you continue to confuse the relationship between Europarties and their respective parliamentary Groups. Europarties are horizontally engaged with ALL the main institutions, ie, European Council, Council of Ministers, Commission and, of course, Parliament. Thus, the ELDR Europarty is not part of ALDE, IT IS THE OTHER WAY AROUND. ALDE exists only in the Parliament (ELDR + others); the Liberal Commissioners are ELDR (not ALDE), the PMs are ELDR (not ALDE). The same holds for the PES Europarty: the S&D exist only in Parliament PES + others); the Socialist Commissioners are PES, the Socialist PMs are PES. For the EPP there is no such issue (it's EPP across the board) since it's not allied with anyone else in Parliament. <br /><br />Also, the Europarties - EPP, PES, ELDR, and so on - are the exclusive organizations that campaign for the European elections NOT their Groups (EPP Group, S&D, ALDE, etc.). The Groups in the EP are forbidden to campaign and cannot spend a single Euro from their budget for campaigning. According to the Lisbon Treaty, Europarties will have to put forward for the 2014 European elections their own candidate for President of the Commission. The Presidential candidate will, in fact, spearhead the campaign of their respective Europarty. Thus, in 2014 we will most likely see Presidential style (US style?) campaigning, coordinated by the Brussels' HQs of Europarties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com