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"Elections to the European Parliament are always a reliable indicator of the EU citizens’ attitude to integration, reflecting their relationship with EU bodies and institutions with respect to the perception of democracy or the lack of it. Overall participation in elections to the European Parliament has fallen from 63 % in 1979 to 43 % in 2009, which is worrying to say the least. This fact becomes even more serious in connection with the objective finding – also confirmed in other reports produced by the European Parliament – that a pressing problem for the Union at the present time lies in the fact that citizens of the Union are widely questioning its legitimacy. Preparations for the elections to the European Union in 2014 must therefore proceed at higher standards than previously, strengthening the roles of both political parties at European level and political groups in the European Parliament."@en1
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