MINISTERS CALL FOR ELECTORAL EFFORT ON EVE OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT POLLS.

At the instigation of Claudie Haignere, the French Minister for European Affairs, her colleagues have lent their backing to an appeal to European public opinion to adopt a civic-minded approach in the run-up to the June 10-13 European elections. Issued on June 3 in all the EU Member States' main national dailies, the appeal recalls that the future of the continent depends on European citizens. Their votes will provide it with a project. The European Parliament is referred to as a key player in the European integration process. And it is a channel through which the pass the main rules affecting citizens' daily...