I'm not sure how an increase in EUP seats from 41 to 50 qualifies as a 50% increase, and this is hardly the first time that the Greens have had a "breakthrough" in this weak institution.
Meanwhile, the BNP and Jörg Haider are celebrating. Another such victory and we are undone.
MM
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Shane Mage <shmage at pipeline.com> wrote:
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> On Jun 8, 2009, at 10:18 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
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>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8088309.stm
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> They gave the governmentalist social democrats a swift kick in the butt.
> And they steered Europe to the *left* by giving a huge victory (+50%) to
> the Greens--especially, but not only, in France.
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> Shane Mage
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> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
>> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
>> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
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>> Herakleitos of Ephesos
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