EP elections 2014 - Results Thread

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PASOK performed remarkably (and irritatingly) well, only coming fourth.

And seeing as Papandreou was bitterly opposed to the Olive Tree alliance, this sets him back in the power struggle to control PASOK. (Not that PASOK is particularly worth having a struggle about)

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The only way Clegg moves now is if a party elder (Steel, Campbell, Kennedy, Williams or Ashdown) decides to put him out of his misery. Which they won't, because no-one really wants the poisoned chalice of leading a party in electoral meltdown, riveted with identity issues.

True, but if was thinking more in terms of his 'legacy' and how he'll be viewed in the future.

Why should anyone care about that?

Well, he was the first Liberal leader in government since WWII and he fluffed it. The failure to reform FPTP and Lords has to sting him to his core; as does the fact that he inadvertently fuelled Euroscepticism (the EU is his main political love) .

Two parties from this list, VOW.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Ecological_Parties

ÖDP is one of my favourite parties. Which was the other one?

In Portugal

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Will the far right get his group?

I guess the UKIP and Afd will never caucuse with them.

FN, FPÖ, PVV, VB, LN and SD would join them, but problem is to get additional seat. They'll need to choice to accept one of far-far-right people (NPD, Jobbik or Golden Dawn) or try to take ANEL from ECR or accepting DUP.

The True Finns maybe? They'll never let the parenthetical parties in, it'll be political insanity

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PASOK did surprisingly well, all things considering.

You know what would be cool? Direct Presidential elections for the EU president. None of this stupid horse-trading and uncertainty.

Who knows, maybe we can bring in a European electoral collage. That's always fun to watch in the US.

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The likeliest party to "take the plunge" would be the Greens IMO.

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Is their a deadline for the horse-trading to end?

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What was Conete like as an environment minister? I know about the "debating with women" idiocy, but was he a known tool before the gaffe as well?