My research on what parties Portuguese people should vote on in the next European elections:
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This was supposed to be my notes to make a blog post, but I think it is
important to have this online ASAP.

So, here it goes:

There are lots of parties to whom your vote might go, but the most important
question (in my prespective, mind you) is, first and foremost, which of those
parties *respect* your freedom and your rights. So, I went to find out which
parties would *not* accept restrictions of civil liberties for the supposed
"fight against terrorism" (and just take a look on the stuff that has been
passed as "fight for terrorism"... it's scary).

The result? Also scary: only BE and CDU are completely against those kinds of
restrictions.

Note: For those stating that MEP and MPP also have the same position, but MPP
	  "tend to disagree" with those restrictions and MEP "tend to agree",
	  instead of being "completely against" them.

So, and because I surely *won't* vote on those who think it might be good to
take me my civil liberties, the choice - in the end - is between BE or CDU. I
picked their positions about several things (thanks to EU Profiler) and made a
table that states the questions where BE and CDU have different oppinions, and
which are they.

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Question						| BE			| CDU
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Immigrants required to accept our culture and values	| Completely disagree	| Tend to Disagree
Euthanasia should be legalized				| Completely agree	| Neutral
EU should have tax raising powers			| No oppinion		| Completely disagree
Fight against global warming even if it impacts economy	| Completely agree	| Tend to agree
Criminals should be punished more severely		| Completely disagree	| Neutral
In EU foreign policy, EU should speak at one voice	| No oppinion		| Completely disagree
European integration is a good thing			| Neutral		| Tend to disagree
Portugal is much better off in the EU than outside it	| Neutral		| Tend to disagree
EU should be enlarged to include Turkey			| Neutral		| No oppinion
European Parliament should be given more powers		| Tend to Agree		| Completely disagree
Member states of the EU should have less veto power	| No oppinion		| Completely disagree
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This work is far from being done, but it's already something that might help
you choose whom to vote. I surely hope so.

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