43% is the average across the EU. It's not surprising that it takes a while for new members to fully participate. You are mistaken about Czech turnout though.

43% is the average across the EU. It's not surprising that it takes a while for new members to fully participate. You are mistaken about Czech turnout though. It's the second lowest of all members: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2014-results/en/turnout.html http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2014-results/en/turno... [Edit] For comparison: Turnout in the 2014 US mid-term elections was 36%. In the most recent presidential elections it was 55%.