Europe letter: Names on European candidates’ replacement lists matter more than usual with a general election on the horizon
A giant poster, announcing the European elections, on the facade of the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, eastern France. Photograph: Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty ImagesIf an MEP vacates their seat, as often previously happened when a politician was later elected to the Dáil, their replacement is parachuted into the EU parliament from a list of substitutes.
This time MacManus is on the ticket in the European elections in Midlands North West, alongside Michelle Gildernew, MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Behind the two candidates on the replacement list is Donegal-based councillor Jack Murray. Markey had made no secret of his wish to stand, but it is understood senior party figures had pushed for a two-candidate strategy, with Walsh and Carberry made known to be the preferred pair. In some slim consolation, Markey is third on the replacement list behind the two candidates.
Political parties have different ways of picking who gets on to the lists. The Greens held selection conventions to choose their replacements. Sinn Féin’s were drawn up at regional level and signed off by its Ard Chomhairle. Fine Gael’s executive council decided whose names they would put down on their candidate replacements lists.
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