NEE (political party)

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NEE (No) is a joke political party based in Antwerp, Flanders and founded in 2005. The party organises itself as alternative lists and it first participated in the municipal elections of 2006. The leading candidate for the party, Tania Derveaux received 1.5% of the votes for Antwerp municipal council.

NEE keeps the view that in an apolitical society where compulsory voting exists (like in Belgium), the voters will often approach anti-democratic choices like Vlaams Belang, simply in order to avoid a fine. The party also campaigns to mock the electoral promises of the mainstream political parties.

NEE will participate in the general election of 2007. The party particularly attracted attention when Derveaux as the candidate for the Belgian Senate made a promise to give 40,000 men "jobs" if she is elected. The promise is essentially a satire of the mainstream parties' futile propaganda claiming to improve employment.

The party organises its campaign mainly through the Internet.

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