Arr, where's the party?

Watser? · #1 05-19-2009, 05:50 PM

I got the Candidate List for the European Elections today. It has 17 parties, some of which are actually parties represented in the Dutch and/or European parliament. Some have names like Newropeans, Solidara or Libertas that give you a vague idea of what they stand for and/or sound contrived.

But!

Where's the Pirate Party?

.... :qavast:

Adam · #2 05-19-2009, 05:53 PM

I wish we had a multi-party system here. We don't have any groovy single issue (OK, cluster of related issues) parties. :sadcheer:

Watser? · #3 05-19-2009, 06:01 PM

Oh, we have lots of them, these are the ones represented now: List of political parties in the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

But I still would have liked to vote for the pirates. I guess they are not on the candidate lists anywhere outside Sweden though...

ETA: Wtf? It turns out there is even a Libertarian Party here, according to that Wikipedia.

Kael · #4 05-19-2009, 06:28 PM

I guess ours would be similar if all the lobbies became actual political parties. The way we allocate votes and determine winners won't let that happen though.

Watser? · #5 05-19-2009, 06:30 PM

Yeah, we don't have voting districts.

I guess we are a voting district for the European Elections though.

erimir · #6 05-19-2009, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Watser?

Some have names like Newropeans, Solidara or Libertas that give you a vague idea of what they stand for and/or sound contrived.

Is there a shortage of new rope in Europe?

1Samuel8 · #7 06-10-2009, 10:38 AM

Arrrrh!