Euroescépticos vs. eurofans: en ocho países no vota ni la mitad del censo en las europeas

There are less than 100 days to go until the European elections. Between 6th and 9th June, more than 370 million citizens are entitled to go to the polls to elect their MEPs who, as the European Parliament itself explains: “shape and decide new laws that influence all aspects of life in the European Union”. Despite the fact that European institutions guide our daily lives – from causing rural protests in countries like Spain, France and Italy to changing the way we use Google search – the European elections do not tend to attract much interest. In fact, academics study them as “second-order elections”, in the words of Mariano Torcal, Professor of Political Science at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.