Pro-EU parties use European elections as "soft referendum" | Policy

The pro-EU parties, including the liberal-democrats, the Greens and the independent group, will not form pacts or alliances in the next European elections, hoping to use the ballot as a "soft referendum" to show their support.

If no agreement on Brexit is adopted by Parliament, the United Kingdom will be required to hold the election on 23 May. The Liberal Dems party, the dominant party hoping to make the most of anti-Brexit discontent, has almost finalized its manifesto and is planning a mbadive ground campaign operation targeting the remaining voters.

"We want to use the momentum of the locals, which very few other parties will have, as a stepping stone for the European elections," said a party source. "Voters from all over Britain want to vote for a pro-stay party. We will give them all the chance to vote Lib Dem. "

TIG MP Chuka Umunna said his new party – Change UK – would be "the main option on the ballot", pleading for a second referendum.

The dissident group of former Labor and Conservative MPs invited its network of supporters to run for the candidacy "to give the British people a real choice".

The calendar of potential candidates will require final applications to be submitted by Monday morning at the latest and interviews to be held later next week. In its email to supporters, the group said that it was expecting a high number of applications and that potential candidates should be prepared for a meaningful engagement.

The party intends to conduct "background checks" of candidates, who must provide all their social media credentials, in hopes of avoiding the embarrbadment that affected many parties in start-up.

Candidates will also be invited to "state your point of view on why the policy is broken and the need to change it", as well as their commitments to the Nolan principles of public life – altruism, integrity, objectivity, responsibility, openness, honesty and direction.

Heidi Allen, former conservative MP and head of the interim group, said that she would encourage "all those who wish to see the popular vote on Brexit, who want to remain a full member of the European Union." and who want to upset and broken politics ".

The Green Party also hopes to capitalize on an explicitly supportive position. The party's co-chairman Siân Berry said the Greens would "mobilize one of the strongest pro-EU movements in the world" and stressed the importance of elections to send a message.

"We will not let the government downplay the importance of these elections. It's not just about the European Union, but about the country we live in, "she said.

"One thing we can agree on is that our policy is broken and has failed to correct the intolerable inequality and insecurity that caused the vote on Brexit. A vote for the Greens is a vote against this chaos, a vote for change, a vote to stay and a vote for an open and confident Britain. "

Renew, another new emerging party that fought the local elections, will also run pro-European candidates in the European elections. Party leader Annabel Mullin said the elections would be "seen by many as a smooth referendum on EU membership".

The two main parties are also likely to see candidates hoping to show up on a platform. Stanley Johnson, the father of Boris Johnson and former conservative MEP, announced that he wanted to re-run for the party to present a pro-European argument.