12th June 2009 Europe has chosen - and confirms the established parties appears to be in their actions. At first glance at least.
Even the most optimistic would have been clear that the cube would not fall in the European elections. The low voter turnout, just 43.24%, by the way, the lowest since the founding of the EU, reflects not a representative impression of the actual mood of the image in the population. If, for example, both the non-voters as well as the invalid votes (which were probably aware of for the most part given away) into expected, would result in Germany, the following distribution (Based on the official statistics www.bundeswahlleiter.de ):
The CDU would be just 13% of the vote, the SPD even only to around 9%! The "strengthened" the FDP would remain below the 5 -% threshold, which the Greens had just conquered. CSU would like LEFT small parties, and the distance to the "real" small parties had then no longer so clear. The largest group, however, would be about 57% of undisputed non-voters, however, find that in everyday life-determining government policy, no expression. A silent majority without power, which will be forgotten tomorrow again.
Back to the sober reality. The so-called small parties, at least, that I elsewhere had already received were not as powerless over the weekend: you could specify the amount. In particular, the PIRATES who competed for the first time in a European election and the Spiegel immediately as criminal freaks were tried, achieved with 0.9% at the federal level, a hollow victory - and even a small financial. Because with exceeding the 0.5% given the relatively young party € 0.85 per vote than election expenses reimbursement (at least according to the information, available to me). A princely sum, you might say, with some 230,000 votes obtained. Were it not for a snag: It is in fact the upper limit, actually gets the party here paid only as much as she has spent (and there were insufficient assets "only" a few tens of thousands of euros). Before a clear division of the major parties to consider for their expensive campaign known significant donations from the industry on land, and after the election, the same amount again from public funds. But that's another story ...
Active in several European countries pirate party anyway, which is committed in particular against the escalating surveillance mania (what is urgently needed, one takes a look at the recently adopted measures and the voting behavior of the government parties ), reached in Sweden proudly 7.13% and it sends a deputy "to Brussels." In this sense, at least one in the European Parliament, which will certainly throw a watchful eye on possible future projects censorship. Total occupied in Strasbourg at least 146 of 736 seats of EU-critical or "other" parties.
All eyes will now be on the verdict on the constitutional complaint against the "Lisbon Treaty" directed that on 25 To take place June in Karlsruhe - and then the general election, what role will play at all like ...
