European elections: hopes for high voter turnout

In Denmark, too, people are barely aware of the European elections, but at least they will be combined with a referendum there. This prompts Der Nordschleswiger to hope that there will be a high voter turnout: "For on the Sunday of the elections [the Danes] will also vote on a new law on the succession to the throne, and over 82 percent have said they intend to go to the ballot to have their say in the matter of gender equality [as regards succession to the throne]! But there is still much to be done before June 7 if the European elections are to be made attractive to voters, for according to an EU analysis only one in six (!) Danes is aware that a European election is soon to take place. The last time, on 13 June 2004 only 48 percent voted. … The candidates would also do well to get active because according to election analyses 55 percent of Danes have not yet decided who to vote for. But the main thing is that they do vote."

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