Friday, January 12, 2007

Can you name an MEP?

Can you name any of your local MEP's? Can you name any MEP?

Out of 78 MEP's in this country 27 are Conservative. Did you know that? Do you know how MEP's are selected and what they do?

Why do we care so little about the Members of the European Parliament? Is it that most people don't care about European politics or is it our anti-European stance that causes this?

A new campaign has launched this week called MEP Watch. It aims to bring "further accountability and higher levels of democratic practice to the Conservative party's European Parliamentary candidate selection process." It is hoped to bring further political interest and debate into the MEP selection process.

Will this actually help or do people just not care? Let us know your comments.

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