PARIS – In each of the 27 states of the European Union, the campaign for the just concluded elections for the European Parliament occurred in an atmosphere of indifference, with voters, candidates, and the media focusing mostly on domestic issues. Perhaps for precisely this reason, the abstention rate (an average of 57%), was the highest since the first vote in 1979, while the composition of the Parliament, with its right-wing majority, underwent no significant changes.
发自巴黎-刚刚落下帷幕的欧洲议会竞选活动在欧盟的27个成员国当中都有着相似的氛围，那就是选民、候选人和媒体都把主要焦点放在了各国的国内议题之上。而或许恰恰因为这样，本次选举的弃权率平均高达57%，创下了自1979年首次选举以来的新高，与此同时，整个议会被右派阵营把持的现状，也没多大变化。