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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11710

25 January 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 33
SECTORAL POLICIES / Citizenship
Commission wants to encourage bigger turn-out at next European election
Brussels, 24/01/2017 (Agence Europe)

In its third EU Citizenship Report, presented on Tuesday 24 January, the European Commission pledges to take a raft of measures to encourage, for example, more EU citizens to vote in the next European Parliament election. Turn-out has long been on a downward spiral, from 62% in 1979 to 42% in 2014.

The report, informed by a public consultation in 2015 and Eurobarometer surveys, was presented by Commissioners Vera Jourova (Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality) and Dimitris Avramopoulos...

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