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A re-post of my own results:

For the heck of it, I did it for Hungary and Germany. I didn't think in advance so I did both in the native language... so some explanations for the graphs below.

First, the positioning of parties and myself; right-left axis social-economic left-right (methinks that should be two separate dimensions... for a number of parties, extremes in those cancel out), top-down: for-against EU integration.

(MDF: small centre-right party with a recent extreme market-liberal makeover; SzDSz: small liberal party; Fidesz: right-populist main party; MSzP: Socialists; LMP: a new moderate Green formation; Jobbik: fascists)

(CSU, CDU: Bavarian/rest of Germany Christian Socialists/Democrats; FDP: [neo-]liberals; FW: Free Voters, localists; SPD: Social Democrats; Die Grünen: Greens; Die Linken: Left Party; DVU, Rep[ublikaner]: far-right)

Next, level of shared values with individual parties:

I suspect the reason this test claims I share more with the domestic far-right than the CDU, CSU and FDP is the fascists' support for the social state.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Thu Apr 23rd, 2009 at 09:11:46 AM EST
My best match in Germany is clearly the greens, then SPD/Newropeans. I have a 100% match with the Luxembourg green party, after that the Spanish PS is closest Europe-wide.

The anecdotal evidence is a friend of mine who became convinced he should vote green after finding out his position matched theirs through a national electoral compass. Left to the side is the question of issue selection and, to some extent, salience (the EU Profiler allows for weighting but that doesn't really cut it).

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Thu Apr 23rd, 2009 at 09:20:34 AM EST
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Yep. I should also note that I'm not quite sure what relativised my pro-integrationism for the test.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Thu Apr 23rd, 2009 at 09:22:45 AM EST
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As an example, the French Verts and PS are very close by on the compass ; and that may be true of their programs, yet I don't trust the PS to be independent from neoliberalism to any similar extent...

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by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Thu Apr 23rd, 2009 at 10:11:41 AM EST
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The placement of PS caught my eyes, too. See my complaint about conflating economic and social right-left below.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Thu Apr 23rd, 2009 at 10:19:20 AM EST
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