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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Feb 17, 2014 22:06:25 GMT
Wow, we have some real contenders here!
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Post by Devonian on Feb 21, 2014 18:48:52 GMT
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Post by seanf on Feb 21, 2014 19:09:29 GMT
What do the Bulgarian parties stand for?
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Post by No Offence Alan on Feb 21, 2014 21:12:37 GMT
What do the Bulgarian parties stand for? Is there anyone left to vote in Bulgaria? I thought they would have all moved to Eastleigh by now, or were UKIP talking bollox? |
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Post by Devonian on Feb 21, 2014 22:26:05 GMT
What do the Bulgarian parties stand for? Is there anyone left to vote in Bulgaria? I thought they would have all moved to Eastleigh by now, or were UKIP talking bollox? No UKIP weren't talking bollox at all. The leaflet you're referring to said "Next year, the EU will allow 29 million Bulgarians and Romanians to come to the UK." That was an entirely accurate statement. Under EU law all Romanians and Bulgarians are permitted to come to live in the UK. A sensible immigration policy is one that asks of each individual would be immigrant 'Would their presence in the UK be of benefit to the existing citizens?'. Under EU law however all 29 million individual Bulgarian and Romanian citizens are permitted enter simply by right of their citizenship without having to give any further justification. Any Tom, Dick or Harry from those countries is permitted to turn up even if their presence brings no benefit to UK citiizens. |
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Post by dazza on Feb 22, 2014 5:53:31 GMT
Bulgarian Socialist Party were the Bulgarian Communist Party prior to 1989.They make vaguely Left wing noises.Main support is among older people and in the rural areas.GERB (or in English 'Citizens for A European Bulgaria') is the vehicle of the former PM Boyko Borisov, who was the bodyguard to the ex dictator Todor Zhivkov, and then developed an interest in 'Insurance' after the fall of communism.Supposedly Centre Right it is, like the BSP, a vehicle for business Oligarchs.MRF (Movement for Rights and Freedoms) is the supposed 'Liberal' Party, but in fact is supported by Turks and gypsies in the main.Because of the Bulgarian electoral system it is pretty indispensable to form a government, though not at the minute.It has the reputation of being the most corrupt, and has a big grip on the South of the country and particularly the tobacco trade.
Bulgaria Without Censorship is the vehicle of a young former TV presenter.It is anti-corruption and is allied with the VMRO (Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation) a nationalist party with old roots, hence the mention of Macedonia.
AVB (Alternative for Bulgaria) is a split from the BSP, led by the former President Georgi Parvanov.It is supposedly moderate Left
ATAKA is a barking mad fascist party led by Volen Siderov.They currently have a dozen MP's, but they are unlikely to get the 5% threshold for election due to a propensity to get pissed on airplanes, beating up airport security and doing ditto in Brussels restaurants.
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Post by iainbhx on Feb 22, 2014 7:17:40 GMT
What do the Bulgarian parties stand for? What do you want them to stand for?  |
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Post by markgoodair on Feb 22, 2014 9:27:28 GMT
What do the Bulgarian parties stand for? What do you want them to stand for? A restoration of the monarchy. |
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Post by Devonian on Feb 22, 2014 10:34:54 GMT
What do you want them to stand for? A restoration of the monarchy. Bulgaria of course is a very rare case of a country where a former monarch was elected Prime Minister. Tsar Simeon II (b. 1937) was Monarch of Bulgaria 1943-6 when he was overthrown by the Communists. Later in life the same person was Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (2001-5) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_Saxe-Coburg-Gotha |
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Post by Devonian on Feb 22, 2014 11:16:22 GMT
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Post by Tony Otim on Feb 22, 2014 16:00:30 GMT
2009 Results Romania (changes from Nov 2007 when Romania first held elections):
Overall seats reduced from 35 to 33.
PSD-PC 31.1% +5.1% * 11 seats +1 PES
PDL 29.7% -6.9% * 10 seats - 6 EPP
PNL 14.5% +1.1% 5 seats -1 ALDE
UDMR 8.9% +3.4% 3 seats +1 EPP
PRM 8.7% +4.5% 3 seats +3 Non-inscrits
Elena Basescu (Ind) 4.2% +4.2% ** 1 seat +1 ** EPP
* Based on combined vote of constituent parts
** A different independant had got 3.4% and 1 seat in 2007
PSD-PC - Alliance of Social Democratic Party and Conservative Party (whose placing in the PES would seem rather odd) - Centre Left-Centre Right alliance
PDL - Democratic Liberal Party - centre right liberal conservatives
PNL - National Liberal Party - centre right liberals
UDMR - Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania - liberal conservatives with an ethnic flavour
PRM - Greater Romania Party -nationalist
The independant is the daughter of the current president who had sought to stand for the Democratic Liberals but was turned down. She re-joined after election results were announced.
The Conservatives left their alliance with PSD in 2010. In 2011 they formed a Centre-Right alliance with PNL, although this alliance then formed the Social Liberal Union with PSD. All parties will be standing seperately this year though.
Romania loses a further seat to 32 this year.
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Post by Tony Otim on Feb 26, 2014 10:30:52 GMT
Greece - 2009 results. Greece is one of a group of countries (Belgium, Hungary, Portugal and Czech Republic) who are reduced from 24 to 22 seats in 2009 and will all lose a further one this year | PASOK | 36.6% | +2.6% | 8 seats | nc | PES | | ND | 32.3% | -10.7% | 8 seats | -3 | EPP | | KKE | 8.4% | -1.3% | 2 seats | -1 | EUL-NGL | | LAOS | 7.1% | +3.0% | 2 seats | +1 | EFD | | SYRIZA | 4.7% | +0.5% | 1 seat | nc | EUL-NGL | | OP | 3.5% | +2.9% | 1 seat | +1 | EGP |
The polls are showing a huge swing from PASOK to SYRIZA, ND down a bit, the communists practically unchanged and LAOS and the Greens (OP) dropping off the radar whilst Golden Dawn and Independant Greeks should gain seats with DIMAR being touch and go... |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Feb 26, 2014 10:57:40 GMT
a propensity to get pissed on airplanes, beating up airport security and doing ditto in Brussels restaurants. They ought to stand in Falkirk! |
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Post by markgoodair on Feb 26, 2014 22:41:41 GMT
Malta an even spilt between the National and Labour parties again?
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Post by Devonian on Feb 27, 2014 0:27:26 GMT
Malta an even spilt between the National and Labour parties again? A National opinion poll carried out in December by Malta-Survey National 49% Labour 47% Green 3% www.malta-surveys.com/december-2013.htmlso I'm guessing that would be a yes! |
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Post by Tony Otim on Feb 27, 2014 11:04:10 GMT
Malta an even spilt between the National and Labour parties again? You say again, but the last two elections have been a 3:2 split in favour of Labour, with the Lisbon treaty making it a 4:2 split. |
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Post by Devonian on Mar 2, 2014 13:37:06 GMT
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Post by iainbhx on Mar 2, 2014 20:02:54 GMT
SYR 7 (+6); ND 7 (-1); GD 2; KKE 2 (-); PASOK 1 (-7); ANEL 1(+1); DIMAR 1 (+1) LAOS 0 (-2) GRN 0 (-1) |
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Post by Devonian on Apr 5, 2014 0:47:49 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2014 9:33:51 GMT
PASOK. Lol.
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