TELEVISION stations give EU news less than a tenth of the airtime they give national news, undermining citizens’ right to information and preventing them having a democratic input, according to the European Commission.

EFFORTS to pass the Lisbon Treaty could fail because voters don’t know or care what it’s about, one of the longest-serving government members has warned.

THE European Commission is turning to YouTube to disseminate information about the workings of the EU to its citizens through a new channel on the site called EUtube, it was announced yesterday.