GENERAL INFORMATION

European Parliament Website on the 2009 elections
Find out about how to register to vote, about how many members of Parliament to be elected in your country, about the different political parties.

EU Profiler
Helps you to discover your position in the political landscape for the 2009 European Parliament Elections

EURACTIV Website on the EP elections
Get analysis and media coverage of the road to the June 2009 elections

BBC Website – Questions and Answers about the elections
Clear answers to the key questions about European elections….why should people vote? What does the Parliament do? etc…

CAFEBABEL – EU DEBATE 2009
Discussion forum about the EU elections launched by the European Online Magazine

POLITICAL PARTIES

Find out about the parties’ manifesto and the candidates for each party

• Party of European Socialists (PES)

Website: http://elections2009.pes.org/ and http://www.pes.org/
Manifesto : http://www.pes.org/downloads/PES_manifesto_2009-EN.pdf
List of candidates in each country: http://elections2009.pes.org/en/your-candidates/candidates/candidates

• European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR)

Website: http://www.eldr.org
Manifesto: http://www.eldr.org/pdf/manifeste/eldr-manifeste-electoral-en.pdf (available in all EU languages)
Contact to national political parties: http://www.eldr.eu/members/index.phtml

• European Green Party (EGP)

Website:http://europeangreens.eu/menu/home/
Manifesto: http://europeangreens.eu/menu/egp-manifesto/
Contact to national political parties: http://europeangreens.eu/menu/home/ (top left corner “Find your green party” button)

• European People's Party (EPP)

Website: http://dialoguetv.epp.eu/ and http://www.epp.eu/index.php
Manifesto: http://www.epp-ed.eu/Press/pdoc08/Priorities2008-2009_en.pdf
Contact to national political parties:www.epp-ed.eu/inthememberstates/home/en/default.asp

• Other political parties:

Confederal Group of the European United Left Nordic Green Left:
http://www.guengl.eu/showPage.jsp?ID=327

Independence / Democracy Group:http://indemgroup.org/