User talk:Europarliament

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Welcome to Wikipedia! Could you please stop removing the links to the EDU from the various christian democratic parties on Wikipedia? It's definitely not a good idea and goes against the general consensus. Thanks! —Nightstallion (?) 19:11, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

I'll require you also not to put indirect links, but preferably direct links. Anyway, welcome to Wikipedia also by me! --Checco 19:23, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Hello guys - this is Europarliament. Regarding EDU - your information is outdated since EDU is a dormant organization. After years of negotiations in the late 1990s, the EDU organization agreed to be fused with the EPP. There was a transition phase - moving the EDU Secretariat from Vienna to the EPP Secretariat in Brussels, joint working groups, an agreement from the EPP to accept member-parties beyond EU countries, etc. The EDU officially 'closed the books' at the EPP Congress in October 2002 in Estoril Portugal. The organization, as such, exists no more - no meetings, no secretariat, no staff, no finances, no legal status in the EU on in any European country, no website, no organs. It is only used by name in the IDU as a nominal geographical subdivision for its European member-parties. The IDU, on the other hand, is a vibrant organization and has been given new impetus by its new Norwegian Executive Secretary (who is also the sole staff member of this organization). If you want to read more details on how and why the EDU ended its activity there is a very detailed article by the last EDU Secretary General Alexis Wintoniak from Austria in the EPP journal 'European View' (Autumn 2006, p.173-178): http://www.epp.eu/subpagina.php?hoofdmenuID=7&submenuID=62 .

Does my explanation clarify the matter?--Europarliament 22:24, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requesting a comment

Could you state your opinion at Talk:French_legislative_election,_2007#Article_title? Thanks! —Nightstallion (?) 16:05, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD

Hi! Considering your interesting in elections and/or the EU, you may be interested in the ongoing deletion debate on Danish European Union opt-outs referendum -- if so, could you please voice your opinion in the AfD debate? Thanks! —Nightstallion 15:45, 23 November 2007 (UTC)