[pp.int.general] European Elections

[Anton Tamminen]

Andrew Norton wrote: We have to know if
> We even ahve enough countries participating to make our own group.
>   
You can count Finland in. Yet, I think it is unlikely we get a 
representative as this is our first election and a single seat requires 
around 100,000 votes (around 2% of the votes). We are aiming to use the 
elections as a PR campaign to get people to know our name.
> If you are, we need to start collecting together info, and working 
> together. So, the status you're at, if you're collecting signatures for 
> qualification (how many you have, how many you need, and by when) do you 
> have candidates, and maybe what issues you think we can target in your 
> country.
>   
We need 5000 signatures due next autumn to register as a party - 
obviously we need to be done a lot before that. We've been collecting 
signatures for some two weeks now, our progress being approx. 16% by 
now. We are relying on getting them together in a few months at most.

We have not yet selected any candidates, trying to get things in the 
right order. No specific issues to list.

-- 
Anton Tamminen
International Secretary, Member of the Board
Piraattipuolue - The Pirate Party, Finland
http://www.piraattipuolue.fi