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European Parliament using social sites to boost elections - 5/2/2009 6:56:16 AM   
lronitulstahp


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Status: offline 		Ahead of the June 4 to 7 2009 European elections, the European Parliament has
created profiles on online social media (Facebook, MySpace and Flickr).

"The profiles are aimed principally at younger voters with suitable contents and features," the European Parliament said in a statement that referred presumably to the profiles and not the voters.

"The core message remains the date of the elections and the impact of European Parliament decisions on the daily lives of Europeans."

http://www.sofiaecho.com/2009/04/28/711593_european-parliament-using-social-sites-to-boost-elections

To mark thirty years of direct elections to the European Parliament, an "EU Time Machine", allowing website visitors to travel virtually between two typical homes, one in 1979 and one in 2009, will be published. By clicking on different items in the rooms, users will see how EU law has affected real life in a range of key areas.
 
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Really there are two things i'd like to discuss here:
1) Does the new era of politics sit comfortably with you?  No more kissing babies....people have to be reached differently.  Do any of you miss the "personal touch"?

2) For those of you in living in Europe: How does EUlaw affect your life when compared to before?


 

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RE: European Parliament using social sites to boost ele... - 5/2/2009 12:07:54 PM   
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Status: offline 		That is a brilliant move on their part.

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RE: European Parliament using social sites to boost ele... - 5/2/2009 12:57:28 PM   
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20:55: Gerard Batten is currently sitting down scratching his arse.
20:56: Gerard Batten is currently sitting down scratching his arse.
21:00: Gerard Batten is currently sitting down scratching his arse.
21:05: Gerard Batten has become an EU super ninja

< Message edited by Raechard -- 5/2/2009 1:00:08 PM >

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RE: European Parliament using social sites to boost ele... - 5/2/2009 2:13:32 PM   
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That is a brilliant move on their part.

As it was on Obama's.  He raised tens of millions via Facebook and MySpace, where Hillary and McCain raised funds via $1000-a-plate dinners.  He easily beat them in the funding race.

And he still has all that contact info for 2012.

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RE: European Parliament using social sites to boost ele... - 5/2/2009 3:14:14 PM   
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RE: European Parliament using social sites to boost ele... - 5/2/2009 3:17:30 PM   
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Who would have thought that technocracy was going to become so sexy  ?

First Biden, now you want to do Obama?  Anybody else in Washington at risk of attack? 

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RE: European Parliament using social sites to boost ele... - 5/2/2009 3:21:37 PM   
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RE: European Parliament using social sites to boost ele... - 5/2/2009 7:18:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		Rahm Emanuel, has to be added to the do-able list, theres a couple more but, hmmm  im with Kitten.
Have to admit I dont do the political facebook or twitter n stuff online, (there just arent enough hours in the day already) but I think its a "natural "evolution.
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RE: European Parliament using social sites to boost ele... - 5/2/2009 8:11:52 PM   
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Are you saying that I act like an artery-hardening agent  ?

Hardening agent, to be sure.

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RE: European Parliament using social sites to boost ele... - 5/3/2009 6:26:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		In answer to your first question, lovely Tulip, I'm not sure that the increasing importance of online campaigning will mean the end of meeting the public, for politicians. I can recall attending the launch of a political website aimed at the young (ahem) in Amsterdam all of five years ago and although it has probably claimed lots of public funding and private advertising since, I doubt it has made quite the impact it promised. I wouldn't have attended if not for the presence of real-life champagne and fit women, the online versions never rattle my ballot box in quite the same way.


Without Mr Obama's immense oratorical gifts, his web efforts would have gone the way of many before him. He wasn't the first web-aware politician -- just the first successful one. (Which is sort of the same thing in America and why we all love you so.)

On the second point namely, how has EU law affected us - how long have you got? Seriously, It's such a complex and convoluted answer that possibly no two people would agree. But I think it's important to say that national cultures, and therefore customs, evolve at their own rate still. So while the EU has strict rules on how long the working week should be, responses to the legislation varies. The French graciously fit 35 hours around their meals while the English fit sandwich breaks around working and commuting and getting shitfaced. Point being, with the many opt-outs and cultural tropes of the member nations, we are a long way from a homogenous EU super-state and most people like it that way.


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