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The June List (Junilistan) is a Swedish political party, originally constituted as a loose group seeking "cross-party alliance arguing for a reformed European cooperation", started to run in the European Parliament election in 2004. The party was founded in the wake of the Swedish Euro referendum held in September 2003, where adoption of the Euro was rejected. The party leader is Nils Lundgren, the former chief economist of Nordea, who is sceptical of the Euro. The name comes from the elections to the EU-parliament in June 2004.
The party succeeded in capturing three seats (14% of votes) in the European Parliament, surprising both political analysts and opponents. The two MEPs are Nils Lundgren (stood as a former social democrat) and former school teacher Hélène Goudin (also social democrat). The third MEP Lars Wohlin has left Junilistan and insted joined Kristdemokraterna.
Once elected, the group chose to join IND/DEM, despite the other controversial parties in that group such as the League of Polish Families and LAOS. In June 2006 Lega Nord was forced to leave IND/DEM, a decision the June List supported after two years in the same group.
The June List contest the 2006 parliamentary elections in Sweden. It seemes possible that the party might be able to breake the 4% treshold, since up to 20% of the swedish voters are ambivalet to which party to vote for. In the campaigne for the election, the party focuses on a few main issues: To increase the number of people working in the private sector, hence increasing tha state's tax income. The party demands referendums on the European Union constitution and nuclear power. The June list wants political decision-making to be closer to the people (the so-called subsidarity-priciple) This is acheaved through increased municipal self-rule and more local referendums. All issues that are not in the party's relatively short party program, are left to the approximately 100 candidates to decide on. The voters are then encouraged to vote for the individual candidate they support, rather than voting on the party itself.
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"June List"