P319 CEEFAX 319 Tue 12 Jun 21:28/35 1/4 EURO-ELECTIONS June 1984 WEST GERMANY How the W Germans voted in 1979 % Christian Dem. 49.2 Social Dem. 40.8 Free Dem. 6.0 Greens 3.2 Others 0.8 National profile in a momentP319 CEEFAX 319 Tue 12 Jun 21:34/05 2/4 OO EURO-ELECTIONS June 1984 WEST GERMANY Turn out at 1979 Euro-election: 65.1 pet cent (Electorate: 42.8m). Parties in national government: Christian Democrats and Liberals. European election voting system: Voluntary voting from age of 18, under "regional list" version of proportional representation. This gives only a list of parties from which the voter chooses her/his numerical preference. Any party failing to win five per cent of the total vote receives no Euro-seats. National profile continuesP319 CEEFAX 319 Tue 12 Jun 21:11/14 3/4 EURO-ELECTIONS June 1984 WEST GERMANY Numbjt of seats in European parliament: Eighty-one, consisting of: * 42 Christian Democrats * 35 Socialists * 4 Liberals and Democrats In Germany in the 1979 Euro elections, the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats dominated the vote. The Greens took part, but failed to gain a seat. BBC correspondent's view in a momentP319 CEEFAX 319 Tue 12 Jun 21:13/16 4/4 OO A view bz the BBC's Bonn Correspondent Chancellor Kohl's Christian Democrat/ Liberal coalition emphasisjs the need for a united Europe to complement the needs of a strong NATO to encourage a relaxation of international tensions. The Social Democrats - although also behind the European idea - attack the Kohl govjtnmjnt on unemployment and economic issues. Both major party groupings are trying to forge new environmental policies, stealing the clothes of the emerging "Green" ecology party. - David Smjeton -