Two of the models, the TPI and the ECI, have Manchester United finishing ahead of Manchester City.
Liverpool is a full position behind Arsenal with a 4th (TPI), 6th (ESPN), and 7th (ECI) predicted table position.
In this vein, the ECI hosted Palestinian Greek-Orthodox pastor Naim Khoury from Bethlehem.
They are predicted to finish third in both the ESPN and ECI rankings, translating to an overall third finish position.
But MEPs argue that a public hearing is the appropriate filter to decide initially whether an ECI has a chance of becoming law.
From April 1st 2012 the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) will allow petitioners in the European Union to propose legislation to the European Commission.
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She turned her attention to Israel's tiny group of ardent supporters in Europe and their little umbrella organization, the European Coalition for Israel (ECI).
Carsten Berg of Democracy International (a pressure group that campaigned for the ECI) notes that a successful petition does not trigger a public vote or even a parliamentary debate.
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But if she had bothered to listen to what the members of the ECI said she would see that their commitment to Jews stems from their enraged liberal souls too.
As to European Muslims, ECI members called for funds to be raised to begin an outreach program to Muslim youth in high school to give them an option other than jihad early on.
In fact, a review of the 28 pages of minutes from their conference - available on the ECI's Web site - shows that during the two-day affair, European funding of the Palestinian Authority, and UNWRA was scrutinized.
That is, far from engaging in racist attacks, ECI conference participants called for the tools of liberal democracy - deliberation and debate - to be used to launch a war of ideas against the ideology of jihad that is swiftly gaining currency over an ever-growing proportion of European Muslims.
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