similar views at the moment there are 8 such groups representing the center right socialists greens euro skeptics and others well the m.e. peas vote on new laws and approve the e.u. budget they also help choose the president of the european commission the current president is john claude yoga the favorites to replace him our german conservative m.e.p. monthly veba here on your left and dutch politician franz timmons for the party of european socialist well as europeans prepared to vote many are asking lots of questions of course our correspondent marina shelves has gone deeper into the question what has the e.u. ever done for me. perhaps its practices and more practice in the member states i m hearing about susan take it my friend and that s right just curious with the united states and the president the most sad. it seems the european union is