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In the EU party members engage in policy discussions and vote for election manifestos and then democratically elect their candidates to execute these policies, if supported by enough citizens at the general elections.

And your view of the importance of funding from business is entertainingly naive. It may - may - be true in Germany but it sure as hell isn't in lots of other places in the EU. There is almost always some structure in which the rich can arrange an exchange of favours with the powerful.

The US just formalises the arrangement better than most places.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Jun 14th, 2006 at 08:08:09 AM EST
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Regarding party membership, I have considered it before, but every time I think about it I worry about the loss of voting autonomy. It's one thing to sympathise with a party and another one to feel guilty for not doing your duty of voting for them.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jun 14th, 2006 at 08:24:00 AM EST
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Well, party members at least organise themselves and are active, even if their influence is reduced by business meddling.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed Jun 14th, 2006 at 08:28:14 AM EST
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