Saturday, June 15, 2024

EU Elections 6-15-24

The Free Market Conservative Parties picked up seats in the June 6, 2024 elections. There are 720 seats in the EU Parliament and the Conservative Parties EPP, ECR and ID support Free Market Capitalism where prices are controlled by the consumer using supply and demand. The Conservative Parties gained 23 seats and hold 317 of the 720 seats. Liberal Parties lost 63 seats and hold 403 seats.

European countries have up to a dozen political parties. The EU also has up to a dozen political parties.

Conservative EU Parties           Seats Gained  Total Seats

EPP European People’s Party      10                 186

ECR Conservatives Reformists     4                    73

ID Identity and Democracy            9                    58

Total Conservatives                      23                 317

 

Liberal Parties                       Seats Lost    Total Seats

SD Socialist Democrats              -4                  135

Green Party EFA                        -18                    53

The Left                                      -1                     36

RE Renue Europe                     -23                    79

NI                                              -17                    45

Others                                                                55

Total Liberals                            -63                  403

 

Grand Totals                                                   720

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The EU began in the 1950s as a “trade association” formed to rebuild the European Economy after World War II.  It morphed into a quasi-federal government in 1993 to form the “European Region” under the UN Agenda 21, one-world-government plan.

The European Union (EU) is a group of 27 nations in Europe, formed in the aftermath of World War II. The first batch of countries joined in 1957, including GermanyFranceItalyBelgiumLuxembourg, and The Netherlands. In 1973, DenmarkIreland, and the United Kingdom joined. Greece joined in 1981, followed by Spain and Portugal in 1986 and AustriaFinland and Sweden in 1995. In 2004, nine countries were added, two more in 2007, and finally Croatia in 2013 to bring the total to 28. On June 23, 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the EU, a process it completed in 2020.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/european-union-countries

The EU countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

The seven non-eurozone members of the EU are Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Sweden. They continue to use their own currency.

Not all European countries are members of the EU. Those non-members include:

Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Monaco, Lichtenstein, Andorra, San Marino, Vatican, Serbia, Albania, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia Hercegovina. Turkey, Georgia, Albania,

Ministers approved the joint text of the EU's 2024 budget, following negotiations with the Parliament on 11 November 2023. The budget contains €189.4 billion in commitments and €142.6 billion in payments.

EU, EEA, EFTA and Schengen Area countries

What are the 27 countries that are Member States of the European Union (EU)? Which countries make up the EEA and the EFTA? Which countries are members of the Schengen Area? See the lists of countries below.

The 27 EU Member States

The EU is a political and economic union of Member States that are located in Europe. There are 27 Member States of the EU:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany. Greece, Hungary. Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.

The 30 EEA countries

EEA stands for European Economic Area. The EEA aims to strengthen trade and economic relations between each of the EEA countries. There are 30 EEA countries:

The 27 EU Member States

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

The 4 EFTA countries

EFTA stands for European Free Trade Association. It is a regional trade organisation and a free trade area between each of the Member States. It has 4 Member States:

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Switzerland

The 27 Schengen Area countries

In the Schengen Area there are no passport or border controls at the borders within the area. The Schengen Area is made up of 23 of the 27 EU Member States plus the 4 countries that form the EFTA:

What are the 25 countries in a Schengen visa? Germany, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland have all acceded to the Schengen Agreement.

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In 2022, the total contribution of travel and tourism to Europe's GDP amounted to approximately $1.9 trillion U.S. dollars, denoting a seven percent decline from 2019 due to the impact of the health crisis.

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Comments

Viewing Europe as a vacation destination for the wealthy has been a fad in the US since the 1880s. Part of Europe’s economic recovery plan after 1945 included tourism. They invested $Billions in mass transit in cities and trains to connect their countries.

The EU is another layer of government imposed on European countries. The current EU budget contains €189.4 billion in commitments and €142.6 billion in payments. 1 Euro = $1.07. The EU budget is $202.66B in commitments and $152.58B in payments. EU member-country taxpayers pay the tax to the EU government.

This is in addition to the 20% national sales taxes imposed by their own country’s governments. It has kept European countries from attacking each other since 1945, but there have been unnecessary costs imposed on European citizens.

In the 1960s, half of Europe stopped going to church and governments were secularized. Environmental Fever broke out to replace religion, so Marxists took over the environmental movement. Gasoline emissions created smog and governments in the US and Europe reacted with a series of regulations that were incremental. The US established the EPA in 1970. Also in 1970, unleaded gasoline was introduced and leaded gasoline was phased out in the US in 1996. Lead paint was banned in the US in 1978. Asbestos was banned in the US in 1989. UN Agenda 21 was introduced in 1992 based on the CO2 Global Warming Hoax. Freon was banned in the US in 2015.

As the stepchild of UN Agenda 21, the EU promoted high taxes and failed wind and solar power. In 2015 the EU invited Muslim Terrorists to immigrate to Europe and many member countries refused. The UK voted to quit the EU in 2016 and finally got out in 2020.

EU Conservative Parties need another 86 seats to begin to dominate EU policy.  Elections are every 5 years and the next election will be in 2029. EU voters have had a bad deal since 1979. EU Debt to GDP is 88.6%.

They squandered $trillions on wind and solar, hosted the Muslim Invasion of 2015 and learned that economies are national and Muslims don’t assimilate. They have been overtaxed for 45 years and are vulnerable for another 5 years.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

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