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'Ethnic and religious minority communities are largely overlooked by decision-makers' (Photo: Stephan Geyer)

The EU vote and Europe's overlooked minorities

One of the key rights linked to EU citizenship is the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections. Yet the democratic deficit between the European Union and its citizens is widening, as reflected in the steady decline in European Parliament elections’ turnout since 1979.

As the next European elections draw closer, the focus is on far-right or other Eurosceptic parties and their candidates, which hope to benefit from the apathy of voters to get their candidates through - despit...

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'Ethnic and religious minority communities are largely overlooked by decision-makers' (Photo: Stephan Geyer)

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