EU elections, from ‘Evil Chicken List’ to ‘Two-Tailed Dogs’: the strangest parties to vote

There are those who focus on conventional programmatic themes and those who, to win a place in the EU, think of more creative ideas and lists. Focusing on a revival of Esperanto or on a two-headed party or, again, on the power of irreverence to counteract abstentionism. From all over Europe, creative and unusual proposals arrive on the electoral lists to try to achieve a result in the next European elections, be it a seat or a simple bath of notoriety. Let’s see some of them.

Does the EU speak Esperanto?

As Euronews reports in its list, French voters can vote for the party Europe Democracy Esperanto which is carrying out a campaign to add the language invented in 1887 to the list of the 24 official languages ​​of the bloc. “The EU bodies function almost exclusively in English,” documents on the party’s website say. “The European population is cut off from its leaders,” say the supporters of Laure Patas d’Illiers, at the top of the list.

EU young forever

A kind of wants to live forever in German style with a party dedicated to biomedical research on rejuvenation and arresting the aging process, which offers a completely new perspective on health and longevity. These specialized parties draw attention to niche issues and provide voters with alternative viewpoints to consider. The I left for schulmedizinische Verjüngungsforschung says it will invest €40 billion a year in EU cash to deliver “unlimited healthy living for all”, promising Europeans the chance of a better lifespan for all.

Don’t vote for us

There is also a party in the Czech Republic that says “don’t vote for us”, in fact aiming to intercept abstentions – especially young people – who have chosen not to go to the polls. Nechceme Vase Hlasy directs users to a website that proclaims the benefits of “anarcho-capitalism,” a libertarian political theory that advocates reducing state regulation to foster freedom.

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Support the evil chickens

Unusual lists proliferate in the Czech Republic. There is also the one supported by Swedish Ond Kyckling Partietor Evil Chicken Party among the 114 groups competing for the 21 seats in the European Parliament. “At first the bad chicken was kind of a joke,” Svante Strokirk, the party’s founder, told Euronews. “I don’t remember exactly why, but in a certain sense it has transformed.” In this case the party will rather than aim to support its programmatic intentions – from copyright reform to electoral rules – Strokirk aims to demonstrate how simple it is to register on the lists and aims to get a hundred votes.

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The two-tailed dog party

In terms of oddities, there is also the Two-tailed dog party, born in Szeged, Hungary. Its candidate Marietta Le told Euronews that the Two-Tailed Dogs “draw attention to problems in public life and politics” – from broken pavements to corruption – through “long-term, community-based thinking”. “We are a fun party” – she continues – “and the other parties are jokes”.

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The irreverent party

There is also the Die Partei, led by the comedian Martin Sonneborn and the punk writer Oliver Maria Schmitt, honorary president competing to obtain a third mandate in the European Parliament with intentions ranging from the promise to rebuild the Berlin Wall to limiting the prices of beer and kebabs. Impossible to categorize, they’re all about irreverence: “The millions of citizens who follow my speeches on the Internet seem to appreciate them so far,” Sonneborn told Euronews in an emailed statement. “It is essential not to re-elect the parties that led Europe to war and crisis.”

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