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Party summaries (beehaw.org)
submitted 4 months ago by The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org to c/europe@feddit.de
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As someone who is in the process of immigrating to the EU (will be allowed to vote next cycle), can I get a layman's summary of the parties and what they stand for? Thanks!

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[-] OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml 30 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That's not how it works.

Parties are at the national level, and form alliances/blocks at the international level in order to get things done. These blocks shift and there is no guarantee that one party will continue to vote with a particular block.

Pick a country. Generally, the political parties in that country will stand for local elections, national elections, and EU elections. At that point you can ask what their politics are. But EU wide parties aren't a thing.

[-] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 1 points 4 months ago

Thanks for all the info, I guess what I was after was the bloc allegiances explained a bit more clearly (someone linked a video with a good explanation for this election cycle).

[-] 0x815@feddit.de 8 points 4 months ago

This may help: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/en/organisation-and-rules/organisation/political-groups

But it may also help if you'd say which country you will be immigrating to.

[-] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 3 points 4 months ago

In Spain.

Just trying to get a layout of the way EU parliament works, we should be getting our passports sooner than later, and will be able to dive into it more before the next cycle. Thanks!

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.de 4 points 4 months ago

Afaik there is only one pan European party and that would be Volt.

[-] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

I'd like to be able to vote for pan-european parties, but voting for Volt only works in very large constituencies (such as Germany). In most other places it likely reduces the chance of getting pro-european MEPs who might consider implementing such an option. What other strategies can help ?

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.de 0 points 4 months ago

I would say, that since Volt has a party in nearly all European country, supporting them in your home country would be a good strategy?

[-] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 1 points 4 months ago

OK, but what is a brief platform?

[-] Vincent@feddit.nl 5 points 4 months ago

Their main point is that they want to enable true pan-European parties 😅

[-] petrescatraian@libranet.de 3 points 4 months ago

youtube.com/watch?v=4alPtkiXzC…

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