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EUobserver.com / Political Affairs / France's National Front tops EU election survey
The second in line is the center-right party with 22% and the ruling party, the socialists, have just 19% support from the public. Boy they went down fast after the elections...
Now national elections are still a long way ahead but the european elections are in less than 1 year. A change in the political landscape of the EU parliament may encourage different responses in different nations.
So the main problem with this is the fact that france gets to send a lot of people to the EU parliament and the anti-euros are predicted to grow. Currently the ECR (the EU political group that is euroskeptic) and the EFD (the other euroskeptic political formation) don't have even 100 people in total from the ~700 people that make up the EU parliament.
Now. I'm also an euroskeptic in the sense that I don't think this current implementation of the EU is going the right way. However, I feel that there has been a concerted effort from the EU to get out there and engage in the national dialogue. I still think it's a bit deaf when it comes to hearing the popular demands but I think it can change. This is the major game-changer.... 4-5 months ago I believed that the EU can't change. It's dead-set to become the next USSR, structured, rigid, stupid institution. But maybe it can change... it's still very bad as it is now... I think we should vote for more things in the EU if we are to be honest. I think that there should be EU-wide referendums on issues. I also think that the way the EU addresses banking is bad, etc , but I think it can change. So would I, personally ,want to see the ECR and the EFD grow in power? Hmmm, not really... maybe let them grow a little if that means kicking the eurocommunists out of the EU parliament but overall.. not really.
EUobserver.com / Political Affairs / France's National Front tops EU election survey
The second in line is the center-right party with 22% and the ruling party, the socialists, have just 19% support from the public. Boy they went down fast after the elections...
Now national elections are still a long way ahead but the european elections are in less than 1 year. A change in the political landscape of the EU parliament may encourage different responses in different nations.
So the main problem with this is the fact that france gets to send a lot of people to the EU parliament and the anti-euros are predicted to grow. Currently the ECR (the EU political group that is euroskeptic) and the EFD (the other euroskeptic political formation) don't have even 100 people in total from the ~700 people that make up the EU parliament.
Now. I'm also an euroskeptic in the sense that I don't think this current implementation of the EU is going the right way. However, I feel that there has been a concerted effort from the EU to get out there and engage in the national dialogue. I still think it's a bit deaf when it comes to hearing the popular demands but I think it can change. This is the major game-changer.... 4-5 months ago I believed that the EU can't change. It's dead-set to become the next USSR, structured, rigid, stupid institution. But maybe it can change... it's still very bad as it is now... I think we should vote for more things in the EU if we are to be honest. I think that there should be EU-wide referendums on issues. I also think that the way the EU addresses banking is bad, etc , but I think it can change. So would I, personally ,want to see the ECR and the EFD grow in power? Hmmm, not really... maybe let them grow a little if that means kicking the eurocommunists out of the EU parliament but overall.. not really.