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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9915

6 June 2009
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Low turnout, freedom of choice and further thoughts on the European elections

Comments on the election campaign. The dice have been thrown, the European elections are under way and the results are already known for one Member State (see later in this newsletter). Now the elections are over, we can safely say that the way the hustings and election campaigning was carried out did nothing to improve voter turnout. It is logical for minority political parties to criticise the authorities in order to pick up votes, whether the authorities be the Council, the European...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
TIMETABLE