Roza Thun
Latest data indicates that on June 7 only 13% of Poles will cast their votes to fill 50 out of European Parliament's 785 seats
Roza Thun spoke to Danuta Isler
Poles do not boast of a huge tradition of voting. National elections rarely gather over 50% and the numbers rise to 60% in the presidential ballot. According to the latest data from the Eurobarometer some 34% of Europeans, members of the EU, plan to vote in the June elections to the European Parliament. In Poland, the declared turnout stands at 13%, which is the worst lowest in all the EU states.
The forecast negligence to attend the European Parliament elections can be attributed largely to the lack of awareness of what is at stake and how much is there for Poland to gain. A person to know how plausible such reasoning is may be Roza Thun - the head of the of European Commission Representation in Poland, the former chairwoman of the Polish Robert Schuman Foundation and Civic Platform's candidate for the European Parliament in the south of Poland.
Danuta Isler caught up with her after this year's Schuman Parade to talk about Poland's EU membership, Poles' knowledge of the EU institutions as well as their attitudes towards voting.
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