I've been working very hard trying to get some good stuff together for a post.

Firstly, I went to my classmates, who are studying the European Union to find out some of their thoughts. They all seemed to feel positive, but picked up on the age old questions, and ultimately were all left asking, `who's actually standing in the EU Elections?' And we're studying it! So what can everyone else think?

I then went to the North West Liberal Democrat Conference and was lucky enough to have been able to interview an MEP, Chris Davies. Although the video came back edited, my questions were taken out, and even changed a little, he said some interesting stuff. Apologies for the cheesy music!

Perhaps time to look at what the Union of European Federalists (UEF) has to say in its manifesto Stronger together in a federal Europe, the clearest constructive election programme I have seen to date.

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There was no party that covered my preference, even GroenLinks (Greens) was too light on European integration...