SPECIAL EPISODE: Bursting the Bubble, Part 1
The Europeans | European news, politics and culture
Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer
4.8 • 162 Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2019
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Katy's never voted in a European election before. This week she tries to make amends by figuring out, finally, what the European parliament is and what MEPs actually do.
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| 0:00.0 | Dominic |
| 0:00.9 | Katie |
| 0:01.6 | This is a bit of a special episode |
| 0:03.3 | and I want to start with a confession |
| 0:05.5 | I just want to get it out of the way |
| 0:06.5 | Go on |
| 0:07.4 | You know I'm a big fan of the general idea of Europe right |
| 0:10.7 | Like we've been making this podcast for a while now |
| 0:12.5 | Yeah it makes sense |
| 0:13.7 | That's why we're doing this |
| 0:14.7 | I've never actually voted in a European election before |
| 0:19.0 | Shame on you I know I mean this is the thing. You and me |
| 0:24.4 | are like really interested in Europe and I still know like nothing really about how the |
| 0:28.8 | Parliament works and that is kind of shocking. Can I just say in my defence and it isn't a very good |
| 0:33.0 | one? I'm not alone in this. Like a majority of Europeans could not be bothered to vote in the last European elections five years ago. |
| 0:40.4 | Yeah, but you studied politics. |
| 0:43.7 | Yes, that's true. |
| 0:45.0 | But the overriding feeling was that, A, can't be asked, and B, can't really see how this affects my life that much. |
| 0:51.7 | Like, love Europe, don't really know what they do in |
| 0:55.0 | Brussels exactly. Well, I appreciate your honesty. I bet you're not the only one who's done this. |
| 1:01.1 | But hey, there are elections coming up very soon. So you're going to vote in these ones, aren't you? |
| 1:06.0 | I am. So I've had a bit of a change in perspective in that these are probably going to be the |
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