An opinion poll on the 4-7 June European Parliament (EP) elections shows that only 34 percent of possible voters surveyed across the EU say they are already certain that they will go and vote in June, while 19 percent of respondents said they were already certain that they would not vote. The poll, which was taken from mid-January to mid-February, and published Tuesday evening by the EP showed that 53 percent of the voters surveyed said they were disinterested in the elections. Sixty-two percent of the respondents said they did not know when next EP elections will be held in their countries.
On policy issues, respondents expressed greatest concern about the economy led by unemployment (57 percent). Other major concerns were inflation and purchasing power, and pension security.
The first non-economic subject on the list of respondents was crime (29 percent) followed by the security of energy supply (27 percent) and climate change (26 percent).
It is hoped that as the different parts of the campaign become visible from April in all EU countries, interest in and knowledge of the elections will rise, noted an EP statement.