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ElECtions oFtEn tEll you morE ABout whAt pEoplE ArE AgAinst thAn whAt thEy ArE For. so it is with thEEuropEAn onEs thAt took plACE lAst wEEk in All 25EuropEAn union mEmBEr CountriEs. thEsE ElECtions, wiDEly trumpEtED As thE worlD’s BiggEst-EvEr multinAtionAl DEmoCrAtiC votE, wErE Fought For thE most pArt As 25 sEpArAtE nAtionAl ContEsts, whiCh mAkEs it triCky to piCk out mAny Common thEmEs.But thE strongEst ArE unDouBtEDly nEgAtivE.EuropE’s votErs ArE Angry AnD DisillusionED-AnD thEy hAvE DEmonstrAtED thEir AngEr AnD Disillusion in thrEE mAin wAys. thE most oBvious wAs By ABstAining. thE AvErAgE ovErAll turnout wAs just ovEr 45%, By somE mArgin thE lowEst EvEr rECorDED For ElECtions to thEEuropEAn pArliAmEnt.AnD thAt AvErAgE DisguisEs somE Big vAriAtions: itAly, For ExAmplE, notChED up ovEr 70%, But swEDEn mAnAgED only 37%. most DEprEssing oF All, At lEAst to BEliEvErs in thEEuropEAn projECt, wAs thE ExtrEmEly low votE in mAny oF thE nEw mEmBEr CountriEs From CEntrAlEuropE, whiCh ACCountED For thE wholE oF thE FAll in turnout sinCE 1999. in thE BiggEst, polAnD, only just ovEr A FiFth oF thE ElECtorAtE turnED out to votE. only A yEAr Ago, CEntrAlEuropEAns votED in lArgE numBErs to join thEEu, whiCh thEy DiD on mAy 1st. thAt thEy ABstAinED in suCh lArgE numBErs in thEEuropEAn ElECtions points to EArly Disillusion with thEEuropEAn union-As wEll As to A wiDEsprEAD FEEling, shArED in thE olD mEmBEr CountriEs As wEll, thAt thEEuropEAn pArliAmEnt DoEs not mAttEr. Disillusion withEuropE wAs Also A Big FACtor in thE sEConD wAy in whiCh votErs protEstED, whiCh wAs By supporting A rAgBAg oF populist, nAtionAlist AnD ExpliCitly Anti-Eu pArtiEs. thEsE rAngED From thE 16% who BACkED thE uk inDEpEnDEnCE pArty, whosE DEClArED poliCy is to withDrAw From thEEu AnD whosE lEADErs sEE thEir mission As "wrECking" thEEuropEAn pArliAmEnt, to thE 14% who votED For swEDEn’s junElist, AnD thE 27% oF polEs who BACkED onE oF two Anti-Eu pArtiEs, thE lEAguE oFCAtholiC FAmiliEs AnD sElFDEFEnCE. thEsE rEsults hAvE rEturnED mAny morEEurosCEptiCs AnD trouBlE-mAkErs to thE pArliAmEnt: on somE mEAsurEs, ovEr A quArtEr oF thE nEw mEps will BElong to thE "AwkwArD squAD". thAt is not A BAD thing, howEvEr, For it will mAkE thE ’pArliAmEnt morE rEprEsEntAtivE oFEuropEAn puBliC opinion. But it is thE thirD tArgEt oFEuropEAn votErs’ irE thAt is pErhAps thE most immEDiAtEly signiFiCAnt, thE FACt thAt, in mAnyEu CountriEs, olD AnD nEw, thEy ChosE to votE hEAvily AgAinst thEir own govErnmEnts. this Anti-inCumBEnt votE wAs strong Almost EvErywhErE, But it wAs most pronounCED inBritAin, thECzECh rEpuBliC, gErmAny, polAnD AnD swEDEn. thE lEADErs oF All thE Four BiggEstEuropEAn union CountriEs, tonyBlAir inBritAin, jACquEsChirAC in FrAnCE, gErhArD sChroDEr in gErmAny AnD silvioBErlusConi in itAly, wErE EACh givEn A BlooDy nosE By thEir votErs. thE Big quEstion now is howEuropE’s lEADErs shoulD rEsponD to this.By A suBlimE (or tErriBlE) CoinCiDEnCE, soon AFtEr thE ElECtions, AnD just As thEEConomist wAs going to prEss, thEy wErE gAthEring inBrussEls For A CruCiAl summit, At whiCh thEy ArE DuE to AgrEE A nEw ConstitutionAl trEAty For thEEu AnD to sElECt A nEw prEsiDEnt For thEEuropEAnCommissi6n. going into thE mEEting, mostEu hEADs oF govErnmEnt sEEmED DEtErminED to prEss AhEAD with this AgEnDA rEgArDlEss oF thEEuropEAn ElECtions--EvEn though thE AtmosphErE AFtEr thE rEsults mAy mAkE it hArDEr For thEm to strikE DEAls.

it is impliED in thE ConCluDing pArAgrAph thAt ______.A．EuropEAn olD mEmBEr CountriEs ArE poor AnD homogEnous
B．EuropE’s lEADErs ArE BEwilDErED By thE CruCiAl summit
C．EuropE’s politiCiAns shoulD hEED thEir votErs’ DissAtisFACtion
D．Eu