11.00 am, Friday, 11 December 1998

Presseclub Concordia, 1010 Vienna, Bankgasse 8, Austria

PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS:

Dr Lothar Krenner, Leader of the Natural Law Party of Austria
Dr Reinhard Borowitz, Leader of the Natural Law Party of Germany
Dr Geoffrey Clements, Leader of the Natural Law Party of the United Kingdom
Benoît Frappé, Leader of the Natural Law Party of France
Thomas Mullins, Chairman of the Natural Law Party of Northern Ireland

At this news conference, the leaders of the Natural Law Parties of the European Union countries will announce their common manifesto which will be presented to the electorate during the European Parliament elections next June. The manifesto offers new and proven solutions to resolve the problems of the EU and create a prosperous, peaceful, unified Europe of truly sovereign nations. Natural Law Party policies will cut the EU budget by two-thirds.

This unique policy document takes a totally different approach to crucial issues under discussion by EU leaders, including monetary union, agricultural policy, the structure of EU institutions, subsidiarity, foreign policy, taxation, defence, EU enlargement, etc. The Natural Law Party offers a blueprint to bring life everywhere in alliance with Natural Law and create a crime-free, disease-free, problem-free society.

The Natural Law Party is now active in 80 countries worldwide, and last week won a seat in the state parliament of Madhya Pradesh in India, beating the Congress Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Natural Law Party candidates also averaged more than 3% of the vote in the recent US mid-term elections (1.2 million votes altogether), with some candidates receiving over 25%, an excellent showing for a third party. The Natural Law Party also received recognition for its role in maintaining peace during the June elections for the Northern Ireland assembly with the help of a coherence-creating group of Yogic Flyers.

In just a few years the Natural Law Party has gained an estimated two million supporters in the EU, and it is the only party in Europe with a truly integrated approach across the continent. The Natural Law Party plans to field candidates for all seats in next year's EU elections.