EUROPEAN ELECTIONS 2014 ⟩ The battle between the main candidates, organized under the pretext of Russian aggression, failed to add the expected charm to the elections

While European eyes were on Ukraine, where Russia had occupied the Crimean peninsula in spring 2014 and waged war in Donbass, the EU sought to make the upcoming European elections a little more attractive for citizens introducing the so-called European elections. The best candidate‘, in which the number one of the family of winning parties should become the future president of the European Commission.

About a year before the vote, political scientists Christophe Crombez and Simon Hix had declared in an opinion article published in the British newspaper The Guardian that the 2014 vote could be perhaps the most important European Parliament election in history.

“They give European citizens the opportunity to express their opinion on how European leaders have resolved the crisis in the eurozone. Furthermore, the elections provide a mandate for or against plans for further European political and economic integration. They will bring a new political majority in the European Parliament that will influence the governance of the EU and the single market over the next five years. And above all, since rival candidates for the post of President of the Commission will be nominated before the elections, it will be the first time that we citizens Europeans will be able to choose who will be the bearer of the most powerful executive power in the EU”, the experts explained. .

2024-01-29 17:16:00
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