Welcome to the 6th JMECE Lab Newsletter : Euroelections “Vote or let someone else decide for you”

Inside this special issue on European elections 2009: “Vote or let someone else decide for you”

The 6^th newsletter of the JMECE Lab (www.jmecelab.com) at the Institute of Communications Studies (University of Leeds) is available online HERE:

Inside this special issue on European elections 2009: “Vote or let someone else decide for you”:

- “What the main party groups in the European Parliament say…” Read their political manifestos

- “European Elections 2009 : A coup de Poker” by George Tassiopoulos, PhD candidate in political science University of East-Paris

- “Think I’m Turning European” by Josef Litobarski, postgraduate student of European and International Studies, University of Trento, Italy

- “Making Europe Work for Women” by Nathalie Henry, ICS PhD candidate, Heidrun Herzogenrath-Amelung, ICS MA student, Pinelopi Troullinou, ICS MA student, Francisco Seoane Perez, ICS PhD candidate

- “The European eParticipation study” by Simon Smith, Research Associate, Institute of Communications Studies

- “Yorkshire MEPs: European politics are politics as normal”

- Book presentation: “Crossroad Europe”: cultural differences in text and images by Bruno van den Elshout, journalist, the Netherlands

JMECE Lab news:

• “Leeds at the Agora of the Women of Europe prizewinners”, Rhodes, April 2009
• “30 May 2009 / Euro elections 2009 Promotional Event: St Mary’s spring fair, Middleton, Leeds”
• “22 May 2009 / Euro elections 2009 JMECE Lab Events: Leeds University Campus & Leeds City Centre”