parcifal
1 juni 2004, 09:15
Even Euro-enthusiasts admit that the European Parliament is not necessarily the place to become a household name - but this year's crop of candidates might help to change that.
They include at least one Oscar winner and two Nobel Prize winners, a pair of astronauts, Olympic medallists, a handful of television presenters and a former adult entertainment star.
One candidate who will not need to depend on her MEP expense account is supermodel Carmen Kass, a frequent magazine cover girl who has called herself Estonia's richest woman.
The 25-year-old supermodel is standing for the Baltic nation's governing conservative Res Publica party despite having no political experience.
"I'm entering politics because, for the past 10 years, I've got a lot from the world," she told the Associated Press news agency.
"And everything I've got, I've got from Estonia. I want to give something back to Estonia," she said.
A Res Publica spokeswoman said Ms Kass had "lots of good ideas".
But she has reportedly been placed fairly low on her party's list, making it unclear whether or not she will get a seat.
Former porn star Dolly Buster, on the other hand, tops her party list in the Czech Republic.
Dolly Buster claims her party has a great deal of support
Katerina Bochnickova - her real name - is standing for a party called the Independent Initiative, formerly known as the Independent Erotic Initiative.
She claims her party has from 15% to 70% support across various regions of the country.
That would be impressive if true, since 31 parties are contesting elections in the new member state, including a monarchist party and the Ostrava-Is-Having-a-Good-Time Party, named after an industrial city in the north-east of the country.
The Czech Communists are fielding a minor celebrity of their own - one who has literally set his sights higher than anyone else in his country.
Vladimir Remek is the only Czech astronaut to date; his 1978 Soyuz mission made him the first person in space who was neither Russian nor American.
He was followed into space a matter of months later by Poland's Miroslaw Hermaszewski - who is also standing for the European Parliament.
De eerste posting, Yes. :D
De nieuwe lidstaten maken (mogelijk) het europees parlement
een stuk interessanter :
Een supermodel, een astronaut en een pornoster, zijn kandidaat
europarlementariers.
daar zijn de belgische europarlementsleden maar een grijs zooitje
tegen. Over de prestaties op politiek gebied spreken we nu even niet. :P
They include at least one Oscar winner and two Nobel Prize winners, a pair of astronauts, Olympic medallists, a handful of television presenters and a former adult entertainment star.
One candidate who will not need to depend on her MEP expense account is supermodel Carmen Kass, a frequent magazine cover girl who has called herself Estonia's richest woman.
The 25-year-old supermodel is standing for the Baltic nation's governing conservative Res Publica party despite having no political experience.
"I'm entering politics because, for the past 10 years, I've got a lot from the world," she told the Associated Press news agency.
"And everything I've got, I've got from Estonia. I want to give something back to Estonia," she said.
A Res Publica spokeswoman said Ms Kass had "lots of good ideas".
But she has reportedly been placed fairly low on her party's list, making it unclear whether or not she will get a seat.
Former porn star Dolly Buster, on the other hand, tops her party list in the Czech Republic.
Dolly Buster claims her party has a great deal of support
Katerina Bochnickova - her real name - is standing for a party called the Independent Initiative, formerly known as the Independent Erotic Initiative.
She claims her party has from 15% to 70% support across various regions of the country.
That would be impressive if true, since 31 parties are contesting elections in the new member state, including a monarchist party and the Ostrava-Is-Having-a-Good-Time Party, named after an industrial city in the north-east of the country.
The Czech Communists are fielding a minor celebrity of their own - one who has literally set his sights higher than anyone else in his country.
Vladimir Remek is the only Czech astronaut to date; his 1978 Soyuz mission made him the first person in space who was neither Russian nor American.
He was followed into space a matter of months later by Poland's Miroslaw Hermaszewski - who is also standing for the European Parliament.
De eerste posting, Yes. :D
De nieuwe lidstaten maken (mogelijk) het europees parlement
een stuk interessanter :
Een supermodel, een astronaut en een pornoster, zijn kandidaat
europarlementariers.
daar zijn de belgische europarlementsleden maar een grijs zooitje
tegen. Over de prestaties op politiek gebied spreken we nu even niet. :P