European elections: The paradoxical attitude of the Slovaks to the EU

It's a paradox that the Slovaks have an above-average enthusiasm for the EU yet are not interested in the European Parliament elections, the left-wing daily Pravda notes: "The majority of Slovaks think about the EU in the third person plural. The EU - that's not 'us' but 'them', the countries of the West who allowed us into their club. And who make sure that everything stays on track. And us? We are those who were taken in, and we're very grateful for that. … But sadder still is that most of the Slovak MEPs are tormented by the same paradox. Of this group of 14 members only three female MEPs were active. … The parties are thanking them for this in their own way: not one of them is now running for a secure place in the elections. Now that's a real paradox."

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