Europa-Parlamentets opgave i dets egenskab af repræsentant for EU's befolkning er at være opmærksom på dette manglende engagement, og Europa-Parlamentets opgave som institution er at bidrage til at afhjælpe dette problem.
The role of us, the Parliament, as the representative of all the citizens of the Union, is to be conscious of this lack of enthusiasm, but our role as an institution is to act in such a way as to reverse this drift.