EU-Profiler: Positioning of the Parties in the 2009 European Elections

The EU Profiler is a Voting Advice Application (VAA) running during the European Elections of 2009. It situates the parties competing in these elections (and includes parties from three non-EU-Member-States) in a political spectrum, according to their positioning with regard to 30 statements on:
(a) Welfare, family and health: welfare programmes maintained even if taxes increase, privatization of healthcare services, increase in subsidies for childcare;
(b) Migration and immigration: encourage immigration of skilled workers, restrict immigration;
(c) Society, religion and culture: legalisation of same sex marriages, greater respect for religious values in politics, decriminalisation of soft drugs, legalisation of euthanasia;
(d) Finances and taxes: reduction of government spending, tax-raising powers for EU, bail out failing banks with public money;
(e) Economy and work: reduction of workers´ protection regulation, reduction of EU subsidies to farmers;
(f) Environment, transport and energy: support for renewable sources of energy, promotion of public transport, fighting global warming;
(g) Law and order: restrictions of civil liberties, more severe punishment for criminals;
(h)Foreign policy: EU should speak with one voice, EU should strengthen security and defence policy;
(i) European integration; judgement about EU integration is good, benefits from EU-Membership, accession of Turkey, more power to EP, less veto power for individual member states, referendum on EU-treaty;
(j) Country specific items.

EU Profiler是2009年欧洲议会选举期间运行的投票咨询应用程序（Voting Advice Application，VAA）。该应用根据各政党对30项议题陈述的立场，将参与此次选举的政党（含三个非欧盟成员国的政党）置于政治光谱中进行定位，这些议题包括：

(a) 福利、家庭与健康：即使增税仍维持福利项目、医疗服务私有化、增加育儿补贴；

(b) 移民与入境：鼓励技术工人移民、限制入境；

(c) 社会、宗教与文化：同性婚姻合法化、政治中更尊重宗教价值观、软性毒品非刑罪化、安乐死合法化；

(d) 财政与税收：削减政府开支、欧盟增税权、用公共资金救助濒临倒闭的银行；

(e) 经济与劳动：削减工人保护法规、减少欧盟对农民的补贴；

(f) 环境、交通与能源：支持可再生能源、推广公共交通、应对全球变暖；

(g) 法律与秩序：限制公民自由、对罪犯加重处罚；

(h) 外交政策：欧盟应统一发声、欧盟应加强安全与防务政策；

(i) 欧洲一体化：认为欧洲一体化有益、欧盟成员国身份的益处、土耳其加入欧盟、增强欧洲议会（EP）权力、减少成员国个体否决权、欧盟条约公投；

(j) 国别特定事项。