Why give a damn about the European elections?

The Europeans | European news, politics and culture

Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer

Society & Culture, News

4.8 • 274 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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They’re the second biggest elections on Earth. For the next four days, 373 million people are eligible to take part in the vote for the European Parliament. And yet in most EU countries, the prevailing mood is… ‘meh’. This week, we take on the challenge of convincing you that these elections are anything but meh, with the help of one of our favourite explainers of all things EU, Beatriz Ríos. You can follow Beatriz on Twitter here and find Politico Europe’s guide on how to vote here. This special episode was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Culture of Solidarity Fund, powered by the European Cultural Foundation in collaboration with Allianz Foundation and the Evens Foundation. You can check out the #CulturalDealEU campaign here. Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few bucks a month at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/europeanspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (many currencies are available). You can also help new listeners find the show by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠leaving us a review⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or giving us five stars on Spotify. Hosts: Dominic Kraemer and Katy Lee Producer: Katy Lee Sound design, mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak Editorial support: Katz Laszlo Music: Jim Barne and Blue Dot Sessions Sound effects: Freesound.org (JoeDeshon) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mastodon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠Bluesky⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠

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0:00.0	Hello, Dominic. Hello, Dominic.
0:23.6	Hello, Katie.
0:24.7	And hello, producers Katz Laslo and Voicek Alixiac.
0:28.0	Hey.
0:28.4	Hello.
0:29.4	What are you doing here?
0:30.6	That's me.
0:31.3	You can't invite us and then ask us what we're doing here.
0:33.4	Yeah, Katie.
0:34.6	What are you doing here?
0:35.8	What are you like?
0:36.7	We're all together because it's a big day today.
0:40.1	It is the first day of the European elections.
0:44.5	A four-day extravaganza.
0:46.8	I think it says a lot about these elections in comparison to like American elections.
0:50.8	We have to like explain what we're doing here and why we're all here and what this
0:54.5	episode is even about. I just can't imagine that happening in a US election.
0:59.3	Which is crazy because there are like 373 million people eligible to vote in these elections,
1:05.7	which is almost 150 million more voters than in the US elections. I think it's officially the second
1:12.8	biggest elections in the world, right? Who are the first? India, but I was wondering, are there any
1:18.3	other international elections in the world? I tried Googling this briefly, and I couldn't
1:23.1	find any other examples, but I don't ever hear the European Parliament elections being described
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