Turnout for EU elections has been in freefall since the first such poll in 1979.

Five years ago, just 43 percent of registered voters bothered to cast ballots.

Now MEPs want to convince people to get involved. They have come up with new initiatives, hoping to tempt more Europeans to the ballot box.

Othmar Karas,MEP, centre-right group:

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