European Elections stories:
BBC chief - BNP will get annual Question Time slot
Oct 28th, 2009 - Times Online
The British National Party will be granted up to one appearance on Question Time each year if it maintains its current level of public support, the Director-General of the BBC said today.Griffin seeks part in leaders' TV debate
Oct 24th, 2009 - Times Online
Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National party (BNP), is to hold talks with the BBC to try to secure his party’s biggest coverage in next year’s general election...Britain's Brown vows to lead Labour into elections
Sep 27th, 2009 - Boston
BRIGHTON, England—British Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted he won't quit his post as his governing Labour Party met Sunday for its annual convention before a national election the party is expected to lose.
UK's governing Labour Party meets for key rally
Sep 27th, 2009 - kansascity
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted Sunday that he won't quit his post, as his governing Labour Party met for a final annual convention before a national election in which the party will almost certainly lose power.
Hazel Blears regrets 'thoughtless and cruel' Gordon Brown comments
Jun 13th, 2009 - Telegraph
Miss Blears launched a stinging criticism of the Prime Minister's appearance on the video sharing website YouTube in which he outlined reforms to the Commons expenses system. Speaking for the first time since she quit the cabinet...
European Elections videos from YouTube:
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8:10agora special - european elections 2009 - part 1
Outgoing Parliament : Did Europe deliver? Our exclusive debate with the heads of seven parliamentary groups. Our guests are Monica Frassoni of the Greens, Nigel Farage from Independence and Democracy ...
1:58European Elections 2009: The making of....
Hundreds of people at the European parliament are working on a range of projects to get people to vote in the European elections in June. This video clip is one of the videos made available by the parliament to broadcasters.
11:48European elections, democratic deficit analysis, right-wing parties: zEUs May 2009
www.fdcw.org The European Elections are less than a month away, and still, very few Europeans are familiar with what is going on in the run-up to the elections. This edition of Zeus provides ...
European Elections from WikiPedia:
Elections in the European Union take place every five years by universal adult suffrage. 736 MEPs are elected to the European Parliament which has been directly elected since 1979. No other body is directly elected although the Council of the European Union and European Council is largely composed of nationally elected officials.
There is no uniform voting system for the election of MEPs; rather, each member state is free to choose its own system, subject to three restrictions:
- The system must be a form of proportional representation, under either the party list or Single Transferable Vote system.
- The electoral area may be subdivided if this will not generally affect the proportional nature of the voting system.
- Any election threshold on the national level must not exceed five percent.
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