Elections In Middle Earth









Here are the actual results:

EU Election Results 2014

As of June 9, 2014

7 Responses

  1. That’s the core of the business – nobody treats the European elections seriously. Politicians and media just use it as an opinion poll. When even the most hard-core pro-EU politicians have a really hard time trying to explain how the EU parliament works, its no surprise people lose interest, even though they know it has a lot of influence on their lives. To turn things around 3 things are needed – transparency, transparency and more transparency.

    • Can you point me at a BBC or UK newspaper report from this election explaining how the EU Parliament works please? I think it’s pretty straightforward and easy to explain personally and that the real problem is local politics makes better TV so no media outlets ever try to give a decent explanation of either the role of the EP or what the alternative might be.

      • I don’t follow the BBC or the UK newspapers, so no, I can’t. And I don’t think its straightforward nor easy to explain. If you can point to an easy and straightforward explanation, I’ll be happy to read.

        • I was actually responding to your assertion “When even the most hard-core pro-EU politicians have a really hard time trying to explain how the EU parliament works” and wanting to see an example of that failure.

        • I looked at the video titled “Europe explained: How the European Parliament works” on the BBC website. The key sentence was “much of that power lies behind the scenes”. And if anything, it made me more confused. How are the other bodies elected? What is the division of responsibilities? Why do heads of state and ministers even meet, if they have a EU parliament, commission etc.? No clear answers I could find.


  2. It would seem significant that the biggest party, the EPP, has MEPs from all but one member state.

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