02:41Slovakian President-elect Zuzana Caputova cast her vote in the European Parliament elections, in Pezinok, southwestern Slovakia, on Saturday.
Caputova, who is due to be inaugurated the country's president on June 15, said she hopes that the turnout in Slovakia will be higher than in the past. Slovakia has had the EU's lowest turnouts in all three EP elections since it joined the bloc in 2004. The last time it was only 13 percent.
"The campaign before the elections was very intensive, in the media and also in social media, so I believe we will not have the lowest voter turnout," commented Caputova.
The European parliamentary elections will see more than 512 million people from 28 member states elect a total of 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) between 23-26 May.
Slovakia: President-elect Caputova casts vote in EU elections
Slovakian President-elect Zuzana Caputova cast her vote in the European Parliament elections, in Pezinok, southwestern Slovakia, on Saturday.
Caputova, who is due to be inaugurated the country's president on June 15, said she hopes that the turnout in Slovakia will be higher than in the past. Slovakia has had the EU's lowest turnouts in all three EP elections since it joined the bloc in 2004. The last time it was only 13 percent.
"The campaign before the elections was very intensive, in the media and also in social media, so I believe we will not have the lowest voter turnout," commented Caputova.
The European parliamentary elections will see more than 512 million people from 28 member states elect a total of 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) between 23-26 May.
Slovakian President-elect Zuzana Caputova cast her vote in the European Parliament elections, in Pezinok, southwestern Slovakia, on Saturday.
Caputova, who is due to be inaugurated the country's president on June 15, said she hopes that the turnout in Slovakia will be higher than in the past. Slovakia has had the EU's lowest turnouts in all three EP elections since it joined the bloc in 2004. The last time it was only 13 percent.
"The campaign before the elections was very intensive, in the media and also in social media, so I believe we will not have the lowest voter turnout," commented Caputova.
The European parliamentary elections will see more than 512 million people from 28 member states elect a total of 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) between 23-26 May.