[pp.int.general] PPI platform for EU Election 2009

[Per von Zweigbergk]

1 jan 2009 kl. 02.26 skrev Amelia Andersdotter:

> Politics is increasingly pro-Europe, at least to a certain extent.
> Politicians in Europe are for giving themselves more authority to make
> decisions without involving the people properly, hence the democratic
> deficit in Lisbon. But it's primarily the peoples of Europe that are
> highly skeptical towards the enhanced European collaboration.
>
> That is why, from a votes-gathering perspective, it would not be
> entirely bad to line up with "neo-nationalist" groups (I use that term
> rather loosely, because I'm aware of several anti-EU groups who aren't
> nationalists so much as opposed to the anti-social movement part of
> the EU establishment).

 From purely a vote-gathering perspective, I'm sure you could attract  
a certain kind of voter by associating with eurosceptics and  
neonationalist groups. But I'm also sure you'd scare away others just  
the same.

Of course, there are many other problems, both practical and  
ideological, with associating with such groups, which would mean at  
least I think it's unthinkable or at the very least a very bad idea to  
do so. I'm pretty sure that it would make us a lot less credible  
inside parliament when trying to influence other MEPs to take our  
position on differnet issues. It's a lot harder to dismiss us as a  
"purely negative party" if we line up with another group instead.

-- 
Per von Zweigbergk

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