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2009 EP Elections: the online campaign

Are social medias such as Facebook, Twitter or blogs, a powerful way to raise the voters' interest? Participation consistently decreases since 1979, could the campaign be failing to reach out, especially to the younger voters? A recent survey on the MEPs presence on the web shows that they do not take full advantage of these digital networks when the average EU citizen spends about some 9 hours per week online. Time to reach out for the on-line electorate?

VIDEOS' DESCRIPTION:

(1) Interview with Marjory Van den Broeck, Head of the press unit at the European Parliament on the EP's initiatives in its campaign for voting. She goes over the "fun and visual ways" the EP has deployed to reach out to the voters. Read full transcript of interview

(2) Vox Populi: Do you European care about the EP Elections? Is the campaign of interest to them? Read full transcript of the Vox Pop

(3) Interview with Tim Nuthall, from Fleishman-Hillard, EU Public Affairs Consultancy author of the survey : Digital Trends at the European Parliament. Read full transcript of the interview

(4) Video clip of the European Parliament used for the campaign.

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