“Low turnout let extremists enter European Parliament”

10 Jun, 2009 15:48 / Updated 15 years ago

The inability to fulfill electorate’s expectations by traditional political forces in Europe led to a low turnout and protest votes at the EU Parliamentary election, says Jean-Louis Laurens from the Council of Europe.

The director general for the council of Europe's democracy and political affairs was in the studio together with RT’s political commentator Peter Lavelle.