With the media full of the MPs’ expenses scandal, there has been little or no coverage of any European elections. And what coverage there has been has been rather hi-jacked by the Euro-sceptics who are still fighting the 30-year old battle about membership.
Votes in the Euro-election on June 4th will determine the political make-up of the European Parliament for the next five years. In the lifetime of the next European Parliament, we need to:
- restructure our economy to start reducing carbon emissions – starting with the Copenhagen Summit in December
- deal with the global recession
- prepare for peak oil – and water shortages
- develop immigration and aid policies that can cope with the impact of climate change on the developing world
- revise the Common Agricultural Policy to adapt it to the impact of climate change
So – are you going to use your vote to protest about MPs expenses, or to whinge about EU membership, or maybe not vote at all because nobody has told you what it’s about?
Or are you going to vote for MEPs who will take the work of the European Parliament seriously and face up to the real challenges that we face?
Look at what the real issues are – and vote Green
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