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To one voter, the forthcoming European Union elections are a veiled referendum on Brussels as Big Brother. To another, a veiled referendum on Turkish EU membership. Or on immigration. Who's right? A selection of remarks from the Dutch campaign: "If it's a choice between torture or saving civilian lives, then I say torture" - Eline van den Broek of Libertas. "The interests of the Netherlands always take priority" - Hans van Baalen of the conservative VVD party. "Turkey: never in the EU" - Barry Madlener of the rightwing Freedom Party. If politicians can't agree what the European elections are about, no wonder the voters are turning away in confusion. But ask the same voters to say what they see as important themselves, and it turns out they do have clear priorities.
To one voter, the forthcoming European Union elections are a veiled referendum on Brussels as Big Brother. To another, a veiled referendum on Turkish EU membership. Or on immigration. Who's right?
A selection of remarks from the Dutch campaign:
If politicians can't agree what the European elections are about, no wonder the voters are turning away in confusion. But ask the same voters to say what they see as important themselves, and it turns out they do have clear priorities.
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