(9 May 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Madrid, Spain – 9 May 2024
1. Various headquarters of the Madrid regional presidency building lit-up in blue with EU flag
2. People walking down street
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carmen Velandela, Shop assistant:
"Of course, what happens in one country affects us all, that is logical; the war in Ukraine , all the other things that are happening in the world. So we hope that people can choose the best they can. For everyone’s benefits for the Europeans for those like me… although I now have Spanish nationality, so I feel a little bit Spanish."
4. Madrid regional presidency building lit-up in blue with EU flag by fountain
5. Blue light reflected in fountain water
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Maise Lessin, Audiovisual student from Denmark:
"I must say I don’t know enough about the subject, but I do know who I am going to vote for, but yeah I think you always worry a bit about the European Union but I think that there is a bunch of clever people somewhere to make the right decision for us all."
7. Window in blue
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Tomas Caballero, Pensioner:
"Looking at how everything is, I am more worried about (the elections) here. For example, the elections that we will have in Catalonia. I think that they are very important because we don’t know how they are going to end up. Europe, well, not sure."
9. Madrid regional presidency building lit-up in blue with EU flag
STORYLINE:
The Madrid regional presidency building was lit up in blue on Thursday to mark Europe Day, celebrated annually on May 9, as the critical European parliamentary elections loom ever larger.
The elections portend a steep rise of the far right and a possible move away from the bloc’s global trendsetting climate policies.
"Of course, what happens in one country affects us all, that is logical; the war in Ukraine , all the other things that are happening in the world. So we hope that people can choose the best they can,” Carmen Velandela said.
Tomas Caballero, a retired Spaniard, said he was “more worried about (the elections) here, for example the elections that we will have in Catalonia. I think that they are very important because we don’t know how they are going to end up. Europe, well not, sure."
EU elections hardly caused a ripple for decades, but the June 6-9 elections are gearing up to be the most important in living memory due to the compounding crises on a continent facing war in Ukraine, climate emergencies, a shifting geopolitical landscape and fundamental questions on the reach and purpose of the EU itself.
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