European voters punish the left
Found on BBC News on Saturday, 06 June 2009
The parliament's 736 seats are up for grabs. Preliminary figures suggest the lowest-ever turnout, at 43.39%.
BBC correspondents say the figures will dent the EU's credibility.
Provisional figures released by the EU suggested turnout was at an all-time low in some countries, including France (40.5%) and Germany (42.2%).
Not really much of a surprise. The EU had not the perfect press it needed to get more people interested. And at times where local problems haunt the different countries, citizens tend to care even less for what's going on with the rest around them, even if it affects them.