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STRUCTURE As Of 2006 , the party is in the initial stages of formation and so has not yet acquired its final structure. Plans foresee a pan-European political party comprised of state branches registered as national political parties in all those countries which Europe United considers to be eligible for membership in the European Union (the forty-six member states of the Council Of Europe and Belarus ). Currently, a only the Danish state branch is registered as a political party; the party's name is "Europe United" in Denmark , as well. {Link without Title} It is run by a mixture of party members, party senators and members of the board. Europe United differs from the ten other pan- European Political Parties of the European Parliament in that national parties all stand on the same policy platform at European level and are all signatories to the same charter. It also differs in that it accepts national parties from states that are outside the EU, but within the European continent, as members of its union. HISTORY Europe United was started in 2005 by the Danish Politican Aki Paasovaara . It plans to start competing elections in the 2009 European Parliament Election . The party holds an annual convention on Europe Day ( 9 May ), with the location being decided by the Senate; the first is to be held in 2006 in Copenhagen . A second annual convention is held in Brussels every October. On 15th April 2006 , Europe United announced it would merge with another federalist party which had been founded in 2005, United For Europe . ( Statement from Europe United , Statement from United for Europe ) POLICIES Europe United believes in European-wide policies that are suggested and voted on by its members in its forum. Policies are only adopted as official policies given qualified majorities at all three levels of the party: senate, membership and board. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINK |