European Parliamentary Elections: Why Not More Interest? (discussion)
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4 June 2009 :: by admin
TheHotSpring.net :: The elections for the EU parliament are notorious for low turnout. Though the EU parliament takes many decisions and sets policy across the 27-member international union, public understanding of the legislative body, let alone faith in its relevance to daily life in the EU member states, is seriously lacking.
Pride in local national governments, patriotism or objection to the whims of ‘Brussels’ cannot be the reason, because the EU parliament only winds up being less accountable to the people when fewer people actually cast their ballots to elect its ministers. So what accounts for the widespread attitude of shrugging off the importance of EU elections?
