Europeans Batter Governing Parties

World | June 14, 2004, Monday // 00:00

Provisional results from elections to the EU parliament show gains for opposition parties across Europe. Governing parties in Germany, France and Poland have suffered big losses, while many Euro-sceptic parties have had their best result at the polls. The indications are that there has been a record low turnout of about 44.2% for the EU as a whole. European Parliament provisional results also suggest that turnout among the new 10 members was just 26%. About 155 million people of some 350m eligible voters in the 25 member states cast their ballots, making it one of the biggest democratic exercises in the world.

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