Turnout for EU elections has been in freefall since the first such poll in 1979.<br /><br />Five years ago, just 43 percent of registered voters bothered to cast ballots. <br /><br />Now MEPs want to convince people to get involved. They have come up with new initiatives, hoping to tempt more Europeans to the ballot box.<br /><br />Othmar Karas,MEP, centre-right group:<br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/
