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The SDLP wants Maginness for Europe

Publié lundi 22 septembre 2008 à 16h55
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After the UK Labour Party and the Danish Social Democrats, the Northern Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) is the third PES member party to announce its candidate for the next European Elections.

For the first time, Alban Maginness, 58 years old, member of the Northern Ireland Assembly since 1998, is going to run for the European Parliament next June. Even though, he is not to be considered as a newcomer into the European political arena, since he has already been a delegate to the Committee of the Regions and he is currently a member of the Special Observer Pillar of the National Forum on Europe.

Speaking after accepting the nomination, Alban Maginness stated that it is time to stop wasting John Hume’s legacy, as the Sinn Fein, the DUP and the UUP, have been doing for years, and to start building the change on his message:

“It is time for fresh thinking. The SDLP has always been the party of ideas and the party of ideals, both at home and in Europe. […] By voting for and re-electing the SDLP to the European Parliament we can send out the strongest possible message that the direction we are heading is the right one. Sinn Fein and the DUP are not working at home. They are not working in Europe. It is time for a change.”

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