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EU election campaign – Tyrolean style

Interview: Daniel Spichtinger
Translation: Verena Schiefer

Within Austria and abroad the region of Tyrol is well known for tourism and winter sports. From time to time one hears the Tyroleans’ voices in far away Vienna and even more distant Brussels complaining about being a transit country. But how does an EU election campaign actually work in Western Austria? Babel Wien talked to the Tyrolean MEP Richard Seeber (People’s Party/ÖVP)about the campaign, the ÖVP strategy and his experience in the European Parliament.

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Wednesday, June 3 2009 By Mél - EU politics

'Daily Europeans' – Avantgarde or dreamers?

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by Stefan Fersterer

We consider ourselves Europeans and strongly believe that there is some kind of European identity. Ole did an Erasmus year in Spain; Jorge went to Norway to work via a Leonardo-da-Vinci internship and Marija started her career in Brussels. We know where and how to apply for financially subsidised European conferences and seminars, and enjoy the pleasant side effect of travelling abroad cheaply.

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Thursday, May 28 2009 By stivi - EU politics

Austria and the European Parliament Elections: a look at 1999 and 2004

By Daniel Spichtinger. With the input of Stefan Fersterer.

On June 7 Austrians will cast their votes in the 2009 elections to the European Parliament. Let’s look at how the last two election campaigns in 1999 and 2004 were run to find out what may await us in 2009.

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Wednesday, March 11 2009 By Mél - EU politics

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