The European Parliament elections are tomorrow* and there’s nobody to vote for. (technically e-voting and pre-voting started on monday, but I always vote on the „correct“ day)
The only mainstream party that doesn’t want war with Russia (or says it doesn’t) is EKRE. However, I don’t want to vote for them. Not only are they very conservative but recently their MEP Jaak Madison was accused of sexually harassing someone.
Another option is KOOS. They, too, are socially conservative but they are the only anti-NATO party. Not much point in voting for them though, polls show KOOS will get less than 2% of votes.
I probably shouldn’t vote at all. Not only is my vote worthless but we only have 7 seats in the European Parliament so it doesn’t matter anyway. I know that bourgeois elections are mostly pointless, it just sucks to see how little my opinion matters.
Sorry, this is mostly a vent post with some links to give y’all context (not very good sources), I just feel alone and nobody IRL understands.
I want to highlight something that doesn’t get talked about often: besides that this isn’t sport and you don’t have to pick the ‘winning team’, getting extra votes can really help a party. Our party got like 5% in the last elections, which is a tiny amount of the total votes of course. But it got us into Parliament. And with that, we received a big amount of money (as in 1 million plus) to further our cause. With that money we could start new regional chapters, set up actions, etc. And now we are looking at a result of over 10% of the votes.
Sometimes choosing smaller parties that fit with your views can help to spread said views too, through monetary benefits and exposure.
This is really important for people to understand. Thank you for laying this out so clearly! I have been trying to explain this to people in regards to the DKP.
Yes they are probably not going to pass the 5% barrier in any federal elections, but even if they don’t it still helps build up the party if they get more votes. And who knows, in regional elections they may actually get a bit of power in a few places if we can build that momentum.
It’s not about winning, it’s about spreading the message of the party and making the masses aware of their views. A large part of how the liberal bourgeois parties maintain control is by simply keeping the population unaware of the fact that (non-socdem) left wing viewpoints even exist.
That’s a good point, hadn’t really considered it from that angle. Thanks for helping me put things into perspective