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It is extremely common to point to the inverse relationship between the increase in the powers of the European Parliament (EP) and the decrease in popular involvement with the institution, at least as measured by electoral participation. Even the prospect of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, granting the institution almost equal powers as the Council of Ministers in framing legislation and the budget and making it arguably the major winner of that Treaty (Shackleton 2011), did not entice more than 43 per cent of European voters to take part in the June 2009 elections to the Parliament, the lowest figure since direct elections were introduced in 1979.
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Shackleton, M. (2014). The European Parliament ‘On Air’. In: Blom, T., Vanhoonacker, S. (eds) The Politics of Information. European Administrative Governance series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137325419_13
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