The voice of EU citizens 100 days before elections

The European elections will take place from 6 to 9 June, when EU citizens will vote for the members of the European Parliament.

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00:00 With the European elections just 100 days away,

00:04 Iran News took the streets of Brussels to see people knew

00:07 when to mark their calendars to elect their MEPs

00:10 who will be representing them for the next five years.

00:13 Do you know when the European elections are?

00:19 I don't. I don't, no.

00:22 Uh...

00:24 No, but you do.

00:27 This year. Okay, but I don't know the month.

00:30 October, no? November, something like that.

00:33 June. June? Yes, in June.

00:36 This year, month of June.

00:38 I intend to go and vote, yes, that's for sure.

00:41 These elections are taking place in a tense time

00:45 as the EU faces several crises,

00:47 such as the war in Ukraine and the inflation.

00:49 Citizens have different priorities for their next European Parliament.

00:54 Well, I guess ecology. That's very important.

00:58 Climate change. They met but didn't fix anything.

01:02 Maybe talk about Palestine and what's going on over there.

01:05 They need to discuss Palestine.

01:08 To live in peace again.

01:10 Less liberal. More social.

01:13 Countries want to shut themselves up.

01:16 This rise in nationalism is scary.

01:19 I do hope that the extremes won't be there.

01:22 Do you plan on voting this year?

01:24 I probably will, yes.

01:26 I'm not interested in that at all.

01:28 I'm sorry.

01:30 [SWOOSH]