Topic: European Parliament election, 2014 - page 2. (Read 3104 times)

Nigel Farage inflicted another body blow on the three main political parties on Sunday night as Ukip scored a stunning victory in the European Parliament elections.

The anti-EU party dramatically built on its success in the local elections in England last Thursday when the results of the Euro poll on the same day were announced. A jubilant Mr Farage hailed the outcome as “an earthquake because never before in the history of British politics has a party seen to be an insurgent party ever topped the polls in a national election.”
The Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats conceded that Ukip would come first. It looked on course to double the 13 seats it won in the last Euro elections in 2009. The Tories, who came first last time with 25 seats, faced the humiliation of dropping to third place for the first time ever in a national election. The Liberal Democrats suffered a disastrous result, conceding that they could lose all 12 of their MEPs, which would increase the grassroots pressure on Nick Clegg to stand down as party leader. Early results suggested the Lib Dems could come an embarrassing fifth behind the Green Party.
Lib Dem fears of a total wipeout were confirmed when they lost their seat in their one-time stronghold of the South West. Sir Graham Watson, president of the Liberal group in the European Parliament, was ousted by the Greens.
After results in six of the 12 regions, Ukip had won 29.2 per cent of the votes (up 12.1 points since the last Euro elections); Labour 24.5 per cent (up 8.8 points); the Tories 23.5 per cent (down 3.5 points); the Greens 7.6 per cent (down 0.5 points) and the Lib Dems 6.8 per cent (down 6.9 points).
Across the EU, nationalist and Eurosceptic parties made big gains amid predictions that they would double their strength in the European Parliament. In France, Marine Le Pen's Front National topped a nationwide poll for the first time in its history, with the anti-immigrant party predicted to take 25 per cent of the vote and win as many as 24 seats in the European Parliament.

Ms Le Pen said France had “shouted loud and clear” that it wanted to be run “by the French, for the French and with the French” and not by “foreign commissioners” in Brussels. Manuel Valls, France’s Socialist Prime Minister, said the victory was “more than a shock, it's an earthquake”.

It is nice to see that right-leaning parties such as UKIP are going to do well this election.  Here in the US we are limited to choosing between Maoism ("progressivism") and Trotskyism ("neoconservatism").

Results here so far: http://www.bbc.com/news/events/vote2014/england-council-election-results

UKIP up 80 seats and counting!!!

"The last European elections were in 2009. The Conservatives got the biggest UK share of the vote, 27.7%, UKIP got 16.5%, Labour got 15.7%, the Lib Dems 13.7%, the Green Party 8.6% and the BNP 6.2%.

Wow seven racist parties and the usual parade of scammers. I spoiled my vote.

With some countries experiencing high unemployment and concerns about migration and the cost of being part of the EU, many places are experiencing scepticism about being part of the union. The European elections could therefore produce a parliament with more opponents to the EU than ever before.

the U.S. military industrial complex is not going to stop. it's too profitable for the wealthy who have a stake in it, and those people are making enough money to pay off the people in washington. it's crazy how much money the republicans want to pump into "defense" which is a euphemism for "economic hegemony and expansion."

You could, as a superior western civilisation, stop raining bombs all over their heads, that would stop them from leaving their countries in the first place.

What you call invasion, is actually people fleeing from the nato airforces and us drones, and obviously from brutal puppet regimes that the west supports and finances, so your car can have gas, your wife diamonds and your every day life full of tech gadgets