A vicious circle of disinterest in European elections “This time it’s different!” announced a major mobilisation campaign by the European Parliament (EP). What was new about the elections to the European Union’s only directly elected institution were changes brought to the EP by the Lisbon Treaty – more competencies, but in particular a closer connection between the decision of European voters and filling the position of head of the European executive. The slogan “This time it’s different!” foreshadowed greater interest and thus also greater voter participation.
Unfortunately, no EP mandate for the Czech Greens The Czech Greens (Strana zelených, SZ) were not counting on such a poor result in the recent EP elections. SZ won just 2.06 % of the vote and ended up in ninth place.
