European Parliament Elections - Information for Friends

Dear Friends, I work at the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) in Brussels. Since January we have been doing a lot of work on the European Parliament elections which are coming up in Britain on Thursday 4^th June. Our work includes information for Quakers about the upcoming elections and how to vote as well as looking at issues of particular interest to Quakers (such as peace) and how the next European Parliament could work better on these issues. Information on this and much more, including links to all the different political groupings and information for Quaker meetings can be found on our website at: http://www.quaker.org/qcea/epelections/index.htm

These elections are important as the European Parliament is the main body that represents us, the citizens of Europe, to the European Union. We may agree, or disagree with much of what the EU does, but the European Parliament is our voice in this system. As the European Parliament uses proportional representation every vote really does count. We therefore have the opportunity, if we vote, to make sure that British MEP’s truly represent British citizens to the EU.

I was wondering whether you would be able to announce that the European Parliament elections take place on Thurs 4^th June in notices in the next two Quaker meetings and let F/friends know that there is information available on QCEA’s website if they are interested in finding out more about the elections.  We also always welcome feedback from Friends on our work, so please let me know (awhiteside@qcea.org ) if there is any other information you would find useful.

Thank you for your time and for your help.
In Friendship,

Anya Whiteside