*Not a whole heck of a lot. Many Europeans don't even realize that they have a Parliament that they might vote for.
*Nevertheless, this Parliament will move around some soon, and the coalitions will realign in a cloud of toxic particulates. It's like watching elephants mate, but, as a European statesman once wisely explained, that's how elephantine beasts come into this world.
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/05/introduction-to-european-parliament.html
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"Another dynamic that shapes the EP elections is the dramatic lack of interest from most Europeans in the election. One British friend of mine, when I asked if he would be voting in the elections, insisted the UK did not have any MEPs, as they had not changed to the Euro from the British Pound. Recent Eurobarometer polling indicates that only 29% of EU citizens could identify the correct year for the next wave of EP elections, ranging from just 14% in the UK to 56% in Luxembourg. Even though more than 70% of respondents felt that “the EU is indispensible in meeting global challenges” and “what brings citizens together is more important than what separates,” just 34% of citizens planned to vote in this round of EP elections.
"Regardless of the interest from citizens, the election should see an interesting reshuffle of power in the Parliament. ..."
