Commission presidential race only interested 5% of European electorate

According to a post-electoral survey on voter motivation, conducted by TNS Opinion for the European Parliament, choosing the future President of the European Commission only motivated 5% of voters in the May 2014 elections.

Interest was above average in Luxembourg and Germany, the home countries of the two main candidates for the European Commission presidency, Jean-Claude Juncker and Martin Schulz, reaching 10% in both countries. In Austria, 12% of those surveyed said the presidential race was at least a part of their motivation to vote. In France the figure was 5%, equal to the European average, while in the United Kingdom, it was only 1%.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: European Parliament: Election, May 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-parliament-election-may-2014/

TNS Opinion / European Parliament: 2014 post-electoral survey: European Elections 2014 - Analytical overview [Report] http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/eurobarometre/2014/post/post_2014_survey_analitical_overview_en.pdf

EUObserver [Opinion], 07.11.14: Why don't young people vote? http://euobserver.com/opinion/126431

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