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From Strasburg with Indifference (The Economist)

nesf · 2009-06-04 18:21:37

http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13782996 An interesting article discussing the lack of legitimacy of the European Parliament due to the extremely low turnout in European elections and a short note at the end about how introducing directly elected MEPs in the late 70's might actually have made the…

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http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13782996

An interesting article discussing the lack of legitimacy of the European Parliament due to the extremely low turnout in European elections and a short note at the end about how introducing directly elected MEPs in the late 70's might actually have made the Parliament less accountable.

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