Brussels, 05/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European elections kicked off on Thursday 4 June 2009 with low turnout in the Netherlands (where only 36.5% of voters turned up to vote, compared with 39.1% in 2004) and in the United Kingdom, which were the first member states to vote. The Czechs and Irish will vote on Friday 5 June 2009, followed on Saturday 6 June by Latvia, Malta, Cyprus and Slovakia. The other 19 member states will be voting on Sunday 7 June.
In the Netherlands, detailed and...