Expected rise in number of anti-establishment MEPs

VOTING begins today in the European Parliament elections amid fears that a low turnout will hand more ammunition to euro sceptics.

Expected rise in number of anti-establishment MEPs

Anger against governments, fear over the economic crisis and a failure to communicate the parliament’s importance are expected to increase the number of anti-establishment MEPs.

But predictions by political scientists say the shift in the balance of power between the left and the right in the parliament will not change very much.

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