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The European Parliament is the only one of the Union's institutions which is directly elected.
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The European Parliament is the only one of the Union's institutions which is directly elected. Yet it has conspicuously failed to make a lasting impression on the public. Voting at the five-yearly European elections has fallen steadily since almost two-thirds of the electorate turned out to choose MEPs for the first time in 1979. A recent Europe-wide survey revealed that only 43% of the public were aware of the Parliament - the second lowest rating over the past two decades. Britain brought up the rear in the awareness stakes with fewer than one in three people confirming that they had read, heard, or seen something about the institution. That lack of knowledge was reflected in the finding that fewer than half of those surveyed in the UK believed the Parliament had any importance. Even Euro-sceptical countries such as Denmark and Sweden had a higher opinion of the institution's powers. There...
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