As the June vote approaches, Euronews asks voters to name a proposal they would make if elected to the European Parliament, and questions candidates on what they pledge to do if elected or re-elected.
In this episode, Euronews interviews a citizen and a candidate about purchasing power. If she were an MEP, Myriam, who lives in Brussels, would give “a little more purchasing power to the inhabitants of each member country“.
Igor Pimenov is a social democratic candidate in Latvia. He wants to put an end to the austerity policies that have driven thousands of Europeans into poverty.”and economic immigration“, he explains. “Latvia lost around 15% of its nationals during the economic crisis that followed 2009“, marked by the financial crisis, underlines the candidate.
