European elections: Parties' failure to present coherent manifestos

The daily La Voix du Luxembourg analyses the lacking presence of European party manifestos in the national election campaigns: "If things go on like this the plans of the political groups in the European Parliament will not be legible. This is a shame because how is a voter supposed to decide if he can't see a clear connection between the party manifestos presented by the national parties and the guidelines followed by the political groups in the European Parliament? With good reason voters will have doubts about candidates whose manifestos will become partially invalid because they have not been the subject of prior consultation with the respective parliamentary group. To counter the predicted low voter turnout now would be a good time to at least discuss this problem."

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