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European leaders tried a new to win votes. They used rap to get young people to vote for them. More and young people are losing interest in . The number of young people who vote has gone in the past ten years. The number was 87 per cent but in the election, it was just 65 per cent. Younger politicians made a called EU40. They said rap would get their across to young Europeans. They took in "a freestyle hip-hop battle" on April the 9th in the European Parliament. It was called the "Battle For Your Vote". The organizers said: "The is getting young voters interested in European politics and thus increasing young people's votes at the elections."

The European elections are in May. Europeans must choose 751 new . The BBC reported on how the battle started. It wrote: "MEPs [Members of the European Parliament] were given the for a minute to try and drum up some pre-election . The European People's Party tried to appeal to the young by saying, 'If you like , vote for the EPP'. And then the commenced." The politicians made short raps about many . The topics that were most popular were youth unemployment and immigration. Each rapper told the what they would do about these problems. They used short, rhyming sentences instead of the usual long .

 


 
 

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