L'exercice des droits politiques accordés au titre de la citoyenneté de l'Union aux plus de 5 millions d'Européens en âge de voter vivant dans un autre État membre exigeait sans doute un énorme effort d'information de ces citoyens, qui non seulement méconnaissaient l'existence de ces droits, mais aussi les modalités pratiques de son exercice dans l'État de résidence.
There is no doubt that an enormous information effort was required if the rights conferred - by virtue of Union citizenship - on more than five million Europeans of voting age living in another Member State were to be exercised, as these citizens were unaware not only of their rights, but also of how to go about availing themselves of these rights in their Member State of residence.