Betrayal of EU Election Principles

The EU parliamentary election system was introduced to counter-balance the fact that many governments sitting in the Council of the European Union were elected by less than 50% of the universal suffrage in their countries. In order to improve the democratic basis for EU decision-making, the European Parliament elections were designed to allow the voices of smaller political grouping to be heard under a system of proportional representation.

In the UK, this democratic mechnism has been subverted by the determination of the main political parties to discuss national issues in European election campaigns and by the refusal of the media to treat smaller or newer political movements with the apporpriate consideration. While this is about freedom of political choice rather than money, this is also very sleazy, particularly when smaller voices are described as 'loony' or 'fringe'.

Libertas will campaign for more transparency about the way media outlets give access to new political voices in what is supposed to be a free, democratic process.