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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8405

21 February 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/elections
Richard Corbett stresses electoral turnout has fallen for national elections also

Brussels, 20/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - In a letter to the Chairman of the European Convention, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, British Labour member Richard Corbett, MEP, notes that comments were made during the Convention regarding the low level of turnout at European elections which, some say, "undermines the legitimacy of the European Parliament". The lack of interest shown by voters is a "common problem", he says, specifying that the level of participation or turnout in European Parliament...

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