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	European Parliament election, 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elections to the European Parliament were held from June 10, 2004 to June 13, 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom.
		The elections coincided with legislative elections in Luxembourg and presidential elections in Lithuania.
		Czech Republic and the European Parliament elections 2004
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_Parliament_Election_2004 (795 words)

	European Parliament Elections
		Parliament will be responsible for approving the candidate for the Commission presidency who will be put forward by the Member State governments in mid-1999, and, at the beginning of the year 2000, will hold a vote of confidence in the new Commission as a whole and its programme for the 2000-2004 legislative term.
		The European Parliament is a citadel of democratic representation in the Union.
		Parliament has turned legislative codecision to good account with the aim of making one of its main objectives a reality: that is, the improvement of the quality of life and the environment of the citizens of Europe.
	www3.europarl.eu.int /election/history/en/ahxx01en.htm (4512 words)

	Greece. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Central Greece, situated N of the Gulf of Corinth, includes the low-lying plains of Thessaly, Attica, and Boeotia; Mt. Olympus (Ólimbos; 9,570 ft/2,917 m), the highest point in Greece; and Athens.
		European sentiment was overwhelmingly in favor of the Greek cause; financial aid poured in, and many foreign volunteers (of whom Lord Byron was the most celebrated) joined the Greek forces.
		In the Balkan Wars (1912–13) Greece obtained SE Macedonia and W Thrace; the frontier with newly independent Albania gave a larger part of Epirus to Greece, but neither country was satisfied, and the area remained in dispute until 1971, when Greece, at least temporarily, dropped its claims to N Epirus.
	www.bartleby.com /65/gr/Greece.html (4145 words)

	Election - KnowledgeIsFun.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When elections are called, politicians and their supporters attempt to influence policy by competing directly for the votes of constituents in what are called campaigns.
		In the 2004 Iranian parliamentary elections almost all of the reformist candidates were ruled unfit by the Guardian Council of religious leaders.
		In order for democratic elections to be fair and competitive, opposition parties and candidates must enjoy the rights to freedom of speech, assembly, and movement as necessary to voice their criticisms of the government openly and to bring alternative policies and candidates to the voters.
	www.knowledgeisfun.com /E/El/Elections.php (2558 words)

	Encyclopedia: European Parliament election, 1999
		The European Parliament Election, 1999 was the UK part of the European Parliament election 1999.
		Elections for the European Parliament are held in all the member countries of the European Union.
		During the election campaign, and despite all the obstacles and censorship, it was possible for RAINBOW to advance its platform for minority rights in Greece under a European framework to a larger section of the population.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/European-Parliament-election,-1999 (1210 words)

	European Parliament election, 1999 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The 1999 election was the first election for the European Parliament after the enlargement of the European Union with Austria, Finland and Sweden.
		The voter turn-out was generally low, except in Belgium and Luxembourg, where voting is compulsory and where national elections were held that same day.
		The next election was held in 2004 (see European Parliament Election 2004).
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/1999_European_Parliament_Election (138 words)

	Greece (08/05)
		The government deficit in 2004 is estimated to have reached 5.3 percent of GDP and the debt 112 percent of GDP.
		Greece was adamantly opposed to the use of "Macedonia" by the government in Skopje, claiming that the term is intrinsically Greek and should not be used by a foreign country.
		Greece and Turkey have unresolved disagreements regarding the Aegean, the treatment of the Orthodox Church and Greek minority in Istanbul, and the Muslim (primarily ethnic Turkish) minority in western Thrace.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3395.htm (4000 words)

	Access International Domains
		Greece became an integral part of the Eastern Roman Empire until subjagated by the Ottoman Turks in the 15th Century.
		The Parliament elects the president for a five-year term and the next elections are scheduled for February 2005.
		In 2003, Greeceâs chief import partner was Germany (12.5 percent), Italy (12.2 percent), France (6.6 percent), and the Russia (6.1 percent).
	webdb.iu.edu /internationalprograms/scripts/accesscoverpage.cfm?country=greece (2962 words)

	math lessons - Election
		Elections are held in many settings from students' unions to corporate officers.
		An example of this kind of structural bias was the 2004 re-election of Russian president Vladimir Putin, in which the state controlled media consistently supported his election run, consistently condemned his opponents, provided virtually unlimited free advertising to Putin's campaign, while barring attempts by his opponents to run campaign advertisements.
		A crucial issue in elections is the question of who is allowed to vote—whether the electorate comprises the entire citizenry or some subset of it.
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/Election (2189 words)

	European Parliament UK Office - Elections Facts
		Elections to the European Parliament are held every five years.
		The European Parliamentary Elections Act, which received Royal Assent on 14th January 1999, introduced a regional list system with seats allocated to parties in proportion to their share of the vote.
		There would, however, be a by-election if the vacancy arose because of the death or resignation of an independent MEP or if there was no-one left on the party list.
	www.europarl.org.uk /guide/Gelectionfacts.htm (278 words)

	Women in the election to the European Parliament in 2004 - abc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The first direct elections to the European Parliament were held in June 1979 when, 34 years after the end of Second World War, for the first time in history, the peoples of the nations of Europe, once torn apart by war, went to the polls to elect the members of a single parliament.
		The European Parliament, which derives its legitimacy from direct universal suffrage and is elected every five years, has steadily acquired greater influence and power through a series of treaties.
		Elections are held either on a regional basis, as for example in the United Kingdom, Italy and Belgium, on a national basis, as in France, Spain, and Denmark, or under a mixed system as in Germany.
	www.oska.org.pl /pe/english/abc/index.html (1103 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / European Parliament elections continue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In voting for the European Parliament, Italians cast ballots Saturday, with their government's pro-U.S. stance weighing on their minds.
		Italy is assigned 78 seats in the new parliament -- nine fewer than in the previous vote in 1999.
		While the European Parliament cannot introduce legislation -- that right is reserved for the European Commission -- its powers have steadily grown to the point that it now influences all EU laws, by voting on them and amending them.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/06/12/european_elections_continue_in_italy?pg=2 (530 words)

	European Parliament election, 2004
		The same issue of European Voice also reported that Sweden's Junilistan, the pro-life League of Polish Families, and the French Combats Souverainistes will join the Europe of Democracies and Diversities group, which already includes the United Kingdom Independence Party.
		On July 20, 2004 the group, comprising 37 MEPs, changed its name to 'Independence and Democracy'.
		European Greens manifesto; Successes of the Greens in the European Parliament; A Green Contract for Europe; European Election Manifesto: Green Party of England and Wales Manifesto: Northern Ireland (Greens/EFA)
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/european_parliament_election__2004 (770 words)

	Union of Centrists - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The party strives to become "the political continuance of the centrist expression in Greece".
		However, its total influence has been marginal, with 1.2% of the total vote (in the 1994 European Parliament election) being its highest achievement ever.
		This percentage has furthermore declined to 0.56% at the European Parliament election of 2004.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Union_of_Centrists (165 words)

	European Ombudsman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He is entitled to make recommendations to the Community institutions and to refer the matter to the European Parliament, so that the latter can, if necessary, apply the political consequences of a case of maladministration.
		The Ombudsman is appointed after each European Parliament election for a renewable term of five years, corresponding to the Parliament’s legislative term.
		His seat is that of the European Parliament, in Strasbourg.
	www.eu2003.gr /en/articles/2002/12/5/1121 (159 words)

	European Parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		On several occasions parliament has expressed a wish to choose itself the location of its seat, but in the successive treaties, including the newest Treaty of Nice, European governments keep reserving this right for themselves.
		There are at the moment 626 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), with a proportionally larger representation for smaller member states.
		Following the enlargement of the Union on 1 May, they will be the largest simultaneous transnational elections ever held in the world, with approaching 400 million citizens eligible to vote.
	www.portaljuice.com /european_parliament.html (467 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Dutch defy EU on election results
		In the UK, the elections are likely to be the last test of public opinion before general elections next year.
		As a result, European election turnout is already higher in many areas than at the last elections in 1999.
		The European Parliament was designed as a democratic counterweight to the European Commission, whose members are appointed, not elected.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3792877.stm (563 words)

	European Parliament Elections 2004 : Results
		The 2004 elections have continued the downward trend in voter participation in European elections.
		EurActiv, 7 June 2004) and resulted in the lowest turnout in the history of the European elections, suggesting an increasing distance between the EU institutions and the citizens.
		Prior the first plenary meeting of the European Parliament on 20 July, negotiations will be ongoing to decide on the make-up of the political groups in the newly elected Parliament.
	www.euprayer.com /EP%20Elections%202004.htm (1338 words)

	Elections in Greece
		Greece (Greek: 'Eλλας / Ellas) is a country in South East Europe and member of the European Union.
		The dominant religion is christianity (Greek orthodoxy, the Orthodox Church of Greece is the official church).
		Greece is a member of the European Union.
	www.electionworld.org /greece.htm (336 words)

	Palgrave Macmillan : Catalogue Page
		DescriptionThe 2004 election of the European Parliament marks something of a defining point in the history of European integration.
		The 2004 elections seemed simultaneously mundane and an accepted feature of a sui generis system, now accepted as a polity in its own right, that a quarter of a century ago had seen politicians fiercely disputing the wisdom and desirability of the people directly electing a European Parliament at all.
		European Woman of the Year in 1992, she has published extensively on the European Parliament, Euro-elections, democratic legitimacy and on the EU.
	www.palgrave.com /products/Catalogue.aspx?is=1403935181 (163 words)

	Anti-Semitism in Greece: Embedded in Society - An Interview with Moses Altsech
		In both 2002 and 2004, the Holocaust Memorial in the northern Greek city of Drama was daubed with anti-Semitic slogans.
		In the June 2004 elections for the European parliament, the party, however, gained one seat.
		As early as 1993, both the European Parliament and the European Court of Justice criticized Greece for forcing the inscription of the holder's religion on his/her identity card.
	www.jcpa.org /phas/phas-23.htm (4246 words)

	Popular Orthodox Rally - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Popular Orthodox Rally (LA.O.S. Greek: Λαϊκός Ορθόδοξος Συναγερμός) is a Greek far-right political party, founded and led by journalist Georgios Karatzaferis, formerly a well-known member of parliament for the New Democracy party.
		The party failed to reach the 3% threshold of the popular vote in March 7 elections but three months later gained 4.1% of the vote and one seat in the 2004 European Parliamentary Elections.
		"Popular Orthodox Rally" is a member of the Independence and Democracy group (IND/DEM) of the European Parliament.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Popular_Orthodox_Rally (214 words)

	EUEOMBWG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The EOM is being led by Véronique de Keyser, Member of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee and the EP Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries.
		The overall objective is to give the Palestinian society a chance to hold meaningful and credible elections, to provide democratic legitimacy to the Palestinian Parliament on the road to statehood.
		In addition to the deployment of the Election Observation Mission, the core elements of EU support to the Palestinian democratic process have been financial assistance to election operations carried out by the Palestinian Central Election Commission, voter registration, support for polling and counting activities, voter information and activities carried out by NGOs.
	www.eueomwbg.org (490 words)

	THE EUROPEAN GAP: Turnout in European Parliament Elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		THE EUROPEAN GAP: Turnout in European Parliament Elections
		When 25 countries voted to elect their representatives to the European Parliament by 13 June, it was the biggest democratic event in European history.
		But there are worries about the EURO GAP, the difference between the number of people who vote in their national election and number who vote in the European ballot.
	wwwold.idea.int /elections/voter_turnout_europe/euro_gap_graphs.htm (160 words)

	BBC NEWS \| In Depth \| Vote 2004 \| Greece European Election
		Greece's ruling conservatives bucked the anti-government trend seen elsewhere in the union, winning 43% of the vote.
		Both parties are staunchly in favour of a more federal European Union.
		Voter turnout was put by the Greek interior ministry at 63%, down on the 1999 election, but still well above the EU average.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/euro/html/10.stm (89 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In World War II, Greece was first invaded by Italy (1940) and subsequently occupied by Germany (1941-44); fighting endured in a protracted civil war between royalist supporters of the king and communist rebels.
		Greece joined the European Community or EC in 1981 (which became the EU in 1992); it became the 12th member of the euro zone in 2001.
		Greece has a capitalist economy with the public sector accounting for about 40% of GDP and with per capita GDP 70% of the leading euro-zone economies.
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/print/gr.html (1316 words)

	Elections in the European Union
		The European Parliament has 626 members, elected for a five year term by proportional representation in one or more constituencies in each member country.
		European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party: liberal and centrist party
		European Unitary Left/Nordic Green Left: socialist and communist party
	www.electionworld.org /europeanunion.htm (180 words)

	Message
		European Parliament Elections 2004 An European Awareness project in the Netherlands The Institute for Migration Issue (IMI) is organizing till the 4th to 15th of June 2004 an European awareness project called "Foreign/young observers European Parliament election 2004".
		This project aims to give to young people from access countries the opportunity to observe the European Parliament Election in Germany, Belgium, Nederland and France and to give them a first approach of the EU political and associative life.
		The Institute for = Migration=20 Issue (IMI) is organizing till the 4th to 15th of June 2004 an = European=20 awareness project called "Foreign/young observers European = Parliament=20 election 2004".
	mail.youthlink.org /Lists/news/Message/21-P.txt (4316 words)

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