by A swedish kind of death
Sat May 2nd, 2009 at 05:33:18 AM EST
EUROPEAN ELECTIONS
I will hold this short and sweet.
Rules of the game
Proportional elections, 4% threshold, 19 seats. Easy to register party, the real obstacle to enter is that new parties have to distribute ballots to the poll stations. Seats are distributed in accordance to list-order, except if candidates get enoguh votes on them personally to pass a threshold. In the EP-elections that is quite common.
Promoted by afew
Swedish parties present in EP right now:
The ruling coalition in swedish parliament:
Moderaterna (neolib/con) - 4 seats, EPP.
Kristdemokraterna (con) - 1/2 (a) seat, EPP.
Folkpartiet (euroliberal) - 2/1 (b) seats, ALDE.
Centerpartiet (peasant/euroliberal) - 1 seat, ALDE.
The opposition in swedish parliament:
Socialdemokraterna (soc dem) - 5 seats, PES.
Miljöpartiet (green) - 1 seat, V-ALE.
Vänsterpartiet (post-communist) - 2 seats, GUE/NGL.
Only present in EP:
Junilistan (eurosceptic) - 3/2 (a) seats, IND/DEM.
Feminitiskt initiativ - 0/1 (b) seat, ALDE.
The x/y represent election/now. The period has seen to MEPs shift party.
a)June List - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 2006 Wohlin, left the June List for the Christian Democrats, leaving the party with only two seats. Wohlin stated that he wanted to be able to "work for the Christian Democrats and the Alliance for Sweden in the 2006 parliamentary election" as reason for leaving the June List.[2]
The June List was one of the founding members of the Independence and Democracy group in the European Parliament.
b)Feminist Initiative (Sweden) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On the 1 March 2006, MEP Maria Carlshamre defected to Fi from the Liberal People's Party, due to "a lack of consideration for feminist issues among her former colleagues."[5] Just previous to her defection, Carlshamre had been convicted on charges on accounting fraud and the Liberal Party had called on her to resign as MEP.
Poll as of yesterday, with seat distribution (compared with the 2004 election)
The ruling coalition in swedish parliament:
Moderaterna (neolib/con) - 29,7% - 6 (+2) seats, EPP.
Kristdemokraterna (con) - 5,2% - 1 (+-0) seat, EPP.
Folkpartiet (euroliberal) - 9,0% - 2 (+-0) seats, ALDE.
Centerpartiet (peasant/euroliberal) - 5,4% - 1 (+-0) seat, ALDE.
The opposition in swedish parliament:
Socialdemokraterna (soc dem) - 29,2% - 5 (+-0) seats, PES.
Miljöpartiet (green) - 7,0% - 1 (+-0) seat, V-ALE.
Vänsterpartiet (post-communist) - 5,8% - 1 (-1) seats, GUE/NGL.
Not present in swedish parliament:
Junilistan (eurosceptic) - 0 (-3) seats, IND/DEM.
Feminitiskt initiativ - 0 (+-0) seat, to be determined.
Piratpartiet - 1 (+1) seat, to be determined.
Notes: Sweden has lost one seat since 2004. The fight for biggest party from Sweden in EP is wide open with the soc-dems 0,5% behind.
Campaings so far
Campaigns has barely started, with the exception of personal campaigns for some aspiring candidates.
European politics
Most discussed EP-directives this spring has been IPRED - or rather the swedish implementation thereof - and the Telecoms Package - in particular amendment 46 (previously 138).
But once the campaigns really get started it will probably be all about national economic politics, with a dash of who is better at getting the rest of the union to accept the present - and thus glorious - common political positions in swedish mainstream politics.
