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Newropeans 
President Franck Biancheri Founded June 2005 Newspaper Newropeans Magazine Ideology Integration, reform, democratisation and decentralisation Official colors Orange and purple Website www.newropeans.eu Newropeans is a European political party running for European Parliament elections in all European Union member states simultaneously. It therefore claims to be the first truly pan-European political party. As opposed to other European parties such as the European People's Party or the Party of European Socialists, the Newropeans are not an alliance of pre-existing national political parties.
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History
The party was founded by Franck Biancheri in June 2005 when the referendum on the constitution failed. Biancheri had previously founded the European Students' Forum (AEGEE) in 1985 and a thinktank called Leap2020 in 1998.
Policies
Newropeans calls for increased democratisation of the EU. They want an elected Union government, the ratification of changes to EU treaties by referendum and a unified immigration policy. Its programme is also in favour of decentralisation and restructuring of the institutions which are mainly concentrated in Brussels, but also spread among Strasbourg and Luxembourg. The party wants to ground the European Union Budget on a direct tax instead of contributions by the treasuries of member states, and opposes the lifelong judicial immunity granted to EU officials. According to the official website, the party focuses mainly on reform of the EU system, and has currently little agenda beyond that.
Pre-election activities
Like all newly established political parties, Newropeans works to gain attention, money and members. As stated in their manifesto, Newropeans has to establish itself in all EU members before the election in 2009. A "Democracy Marathon" has been launched in 2007, holding meetings in cities of all the 27 countries. In the summer 2008, the Newropeans Summer Beach Campaign took place, promoting Newropeans on European beaches (in Italy, France, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Bulgaria, ...).
Structure
As it is currently impossible for a pan-European party to participate in European Parliament elections,[1] national subsidiary parties of Newropeans need to be created in order for the Newropeans to stand for election. Little is known about the number of national subsidiary parties of Newropeans currently registered. The following overview lists the subsidiary parties currently known.
France
Main article: Newropeans FranceNewropeans France Details Notes Local branch/party established? Yes Local branch/party registered for 2009 elections? Yes Local branch/party staff Candidates - Bruno Blossier (West)
- Marianne Cormier-Ranke (IdF)
- David Carayol (South-West)
- Philippe Micaelli (Center)
- François Guérin (East)
Constituencies TBD Number of MEPs elected TBD Germany
Main article: Newropeans GermanyNewropeans Germany Details Notes Local branch/party established? Yes Local branch/party registered for 2009 elections? Yes Local branch/party staff Candidates Margit Reiser-Schober Constituencies Germany Number of MEPs elected TBD Newropeans needed to collect at least 4,000 signatures to be able to stand for election in Germany. The party announced on 14 April 2008 that it had collected 4,359 signatures, which were handed over to the Federal Returning Officer in Wiesbaden on 31 March. Formal recognition that Newropeans is registered for the election in 2009 was given on 10 April.[2]
According to Newropeans, Germany is the second country in the EU in which the Newropeans have secured a place on the ballot as of yet.[3]
Italy
Main article: Newropeans ItalyNewropeans Italy Details Notes Local branch/party established? Yes Local branch/party registered for 2009 elections? No 150.000 signatures must be collected before the end of April 2009. Local branch/party staff Candidates Constituencies TBD Number of MEPs elected TBD Netherlands
Main article: Newropeans NetherlandsNewropeans Netherlands Details Notes Local branch/party established? Yes Local branch/party registered for 2009 elections? Yes Local branch/party staff Candidates - Arno Uijlenhoet
Constituencies Netherlands Number of MEPs elected 0 Candidates
Newropeans’ first 30 European candidates:
Alemanno Alberto, N°4 in Italy, Region North West
Balbi Stefano, N°3 in Italy, Region North-East
Biancheri Franck, N°1 in France, Region South-East
Blossier Bruno, N°1 in France, Region West
Bonacini Federica, N°6 in Italy, Region North-East
Carayol David, N°1 in France, Region South-West
Chiesa Fausta, N°5 in Italy, Region North-West, North East
Cominassi Luca, N°3 in Italy, Region North-West, Centre
Dacrema Pierangelo, N°5 in Italy, Region South
Del Gaizo Danilo, N°1 in Italy, Regions Centre, South, Islands, North-East
Del Prete Rita, N°4 in Italy, Region Islands
Del Vasto Massimo, N°4 in Italy, Region South
De Vita Marcello, N°2 in Italy, Region South
Fasciani Roberto, N°4 in Italy, Region Centre
Gobillon Michel, N°1 in France, Region North
Greib, Harald, N°2 in Germany
François Guérin, N1 France , region Est
Hahn Christel, N°4 in Germany
Kolanowski Krzysztof, N°8 in Germany
Kruitwagen Bart, N°2 in Nederland
Krumm Eva, N°6 in Germany
Malcangi Diego, N°1 in Italy, Regions : North-West
Médard Guillaume, N°2 in France, Region South-West
Papsch Jan, N°7 in Germany
Pichler Ralf, N°5 in Germany
Ranke-Cormier Marianne, N°1 in France, Region Ile de France
Reiser-Schober Margit, N°1 in Germany
Swinkels Veronique, N°3 in Nederland
Uijlenhoet Arno, N°1 in Nederland
Winkler Detlef, N°3 in Germany2009 European elections results
Country Votes Percentage Sources France 2,323 0.02% 1 Germany 29,416 0.1% 2 Netherlands 19,840 0.44% 3 Total 51,579 See also
References
- ^ http://www.newropeans.eu/spip.php?article=1191&lang=en
- ^ http://www.newropeans.eu/index.php?lang=de
- ^ http://www.newropeans-magazine.org/
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