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Internet cafe: the media has moved on since the last EU vote in 2004 (Photo: Lee Jordan)

Video clips battle voter apathy in EU elections

French political parties have begun to wage war via video clips ahead of the EU elections, but low turnout prospects continue to dog the event. Meanwhile, Swedish voters have called for a new referendum on the euro by 2011.

French socialists have called to ban a short film released by their centre-right rivals, saying the piece of pro-UMP "propaganda" makes no reference to the European Parliament, Le Figaro reports.

The socialists' own clips - including a parod...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

Internet cafe: the media has moved on since the last EU vote in 2004 (Photo: Lee Jordan)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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