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A statistical look at far-right MEPs (none / 0)

Far-right parties in the...

UEN faction: 12 MEP-elects (People's Party/Denmark, Lega Nord/Italy, SNS/Slovakia)
ID faction: 3 MEP-elects (LAOS/Greece, Libertas resp. MPF/France)
Non-Inscrits, Euronat and/or ITL associates: 17 MEP-elects (Vlaams Belang/Belgium, Attack/Bulgaria, FN/France, Jobbik/Hungary, FPÖ/Austria, PRM/Romania, BNP/UK)
Non-Inscrits, other: 5 MEP-elects (True Finns/Finland, PVV/Netherlands, )

I didn't count UKIP or PiS as far-right.

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by DoDo on Tue Jun 9th, 2009 at 06:39:29 AM EST

Re: A statistical look at far-right MEPs (none / 1)

Uh-huh, I may have missed some in the Baltic states.

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by DoDo on Tue Jun 9th, 2009 at 06:58:28 AM EST
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Re: A statistical look at far-right MEPs (none / 0)

Where did you count UKIP? They aren't as far right as the BNP but are a bit further right than the Tories.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Jun 9th, 2009 at 08:08:03 AM EST
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Re: A statistical look at far-right MEPs (none / 0)

Well -- not here :-) Would 'hard-right' fit them?

(BTW, unlike for PiS, I don't know much about UKIP -- other than being nutty Eurosceptics and against immigration.)

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by DoDo on Tue Jun 9th, 2009 at 08:10:38 AM EST
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Re: A statistical look at far-right MEPs (4.00 / 4)

There's not much else to know. They're basically the Tories on crystal meth. (Sometimes literally, I wouldn't be surprised.)

They hoover up the anti-EU vote in EU elections, but I'd guess most of their supporters will vote Tory in the coming epic struggle for the warm beating heart of England.

Er, I mean Britain, obviously.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Jun 9th, 2009 at 08:14:40 AM EST
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