I find it somewhat disturbing that this sort of thing is not considered a career killer for politicians.
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Then why did so many vote extremist anti EU? There just has been EU election in germany and the nationalist gained a lot. And none of the big parties otherwise said a clear no to that, so what could I do, except vote a small party against that, but too small to really do something?
Voters care. But they see often no point in voting anymore.
That is one of the issues, no EU election would have changed what the commission is doing at all.