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EU Elections?

Can anyone explain to me how they work and what they mean for individual EU countries and what bearing they have on individual country's national elections? I was just reading that UKip is ahead in Britain's EU elections. My understanding is they are a right wing populist party that supports the monarchy and a breakaway from the EU? Is this correct? Anyone? Just wondering what that means for Canada who is always wedged between what's happening in the UK and US, it seems. It affects us over the years.

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Ukip is a right wing party. It is more like the Tea Party than the facist in Europe as they have a idealised view of Israel and Jews, but  both think that muslims, the Roma, slavs, and bicycle riders are at the root of evil.

 

zTOgether the facists in EUrope could be a potent force.  Howevr they do not trust each other and are only untied in opposing muslims and asian immigration.  Their are attempts to bring together all of the facist parties but that is unlikely.   the Dutch facists support gay marriage and bicycles, so they are on the outs with the rest of Europes facists. Also like I said the Ukip supports Jews so they are on the outs with facists elsewhere who believe Jews control the banks and the USA.

 

Basically the facists are divided and week at the European level. After all Eurovision this year was won by a Conchita Wurst, a drag Queen who was the son of immigrants from Columbia. in protest against both Putin, and the facists. Tka ea look at her/his winning profiormance.  After all the whole Europe thing is by it's very nature anti facist and a reaction to the damage they did in WW2

 

the results could make the European Parliament more federalist. The parties that lost the most votes to the extreme right are the moderate right wingers. who think the EU needs reform.

 

Socialists and Greens  and other pro europeans lost some votes but by and large can put togther a majority.  It is scary through to see Germany elect a NEo NAzi for the first time since the thirties. Howver I suspect he will be jailed before he can take his seat.   , 

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I thought Merkel's party was ahead in Germany. I'm confused.

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I would say the CHristian democrats in GErmany are pro EUropean. By belonging to the EU the Germans benefit more than others.  IF Germany had it's own currency, it's economy would have driven their currency sky high, and pricing their goods out of reach in other countires. The low euro keeps Germain goods cheap.

 

 

That is why Merkals's party is among the p0 european group.  Still they had theirworst result ever in the history of European elections.

 

Germany also (and rightfully IMHO) surpress the far right. German laws distinguish between speech, and the promoting hate, and telling hateful lies about minorities. They know that in the end, facism ends in mass murder and the distruction of society.(see WW2) SO while they have a considererable number of extreme right wing citizens, the law makes it almost impossible for them to become a significant force.

 

 

So unlike in the rest of the EUrope (save UK which has similar laws, but less strict) Nazis and Facist are thrown in jail, 

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You mentioned someone else in Germany that's why I'm confused. I really never followed the who's who of the EU elections but lately I have been following British papers for the Ukraine crisis and, while I was at it, I kept seeing Ukip mentioned on front page stories- has made me curious to learn more about how it all works.

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It also seems that the NAZI that people thought may have been elected, will loose, but a  recount may be needed.  The Bavarian partners of Merkal party are anti europe, bjut they lost the most. With a UKIP type party (anti immigrant and anti EUrope) winning 7%

 
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I am seeing the term "Eurosceptics" a lot. I am wanting to understand the election/ EU parliamentary structure and its relationship to national governments.

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