<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Christian Hufgard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pp@christian-hufgard.de">pp@christian-hufgard.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">Ed Galligan wrote:<br>
> I'd like to chime in on this debate, not to comment on Lisbon as I feel the<br>
> time for such debate is sadly behind us, but purely to congratulate Amelia<br>
> on an enormous achievement. Best of luck in Strasbourg whenever you take<br>
> your seat.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Indeed, sadly it is behind us. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">
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</div>Am I the only one who thinks it is pretty absurd, that the results of an<br>
election are changed in such a way month after the election? The EU<br>
parliament is loosing even more of its little liability. Isn't one of<br>
the most important facts in a democracy, that every vote is of the same<br>
value?<br></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Sweden, 230k Votes -> 1 MEP. Some monther later -> 2 MEP.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes, it is absurd.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Germany: 230k Votes -> 0 MEP.<br></blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>This comparison makes no sense, Sweden have +9.2 million people and 45.53% of the population voted while Germany got +82 million people and 43.3% of the population voted so based on it makes perfect sense that Sweden needed less voters to get a mandate in the European parliament then Germany.</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/archive/elections2009/en/turnout_en.html">http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/archive/elections2009/en/turnout_en.html</a></div><div><a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/archive/elections2009/en/sweden_en.html">http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/archive/elections2009/en/sweden_en.html</a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/archive/elections2009/en/germany_en.html">http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/archive/elections2009/en/germany_en.html</a></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden</a></div>
<div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>- Nicolas</div><div> PPI / PPSE member</div></div>