Fair Politics! - Main contents
The Foundation Max van der Stoel (FMS) today launched its fair politics Vote Match for the European elections. The organization compared the electoral programmes of all Dutch parties - looking to which extent the interests of developing countries have been taken into account. I must admit that the Green Party (Groen LInks) won the first prize, and the PvdA ended at a shared second place with the Socialist Party (SP). See here the results (mind you, red is not a good sign in this chart!):
But,…. although programmes are of course very important, the only thing more important is how things turn out in reality. And that’s why I am really proud that the S&D Group in the European Parliament won the prize for best promoter of fair politics during the last 5 years! The award was handed over to Kirsten Meijer, the international secretary of the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA).
It was good to hear that all parties present this afternoon committed themselves to promote fair politics at the European level. There is still a lot to fight for and I hope we can cooperate closely on this important topic during the coming five years!
