Parties targeting crucial undecided vote

Deploying different strategies in the run-up to the June 9 European Parliament elections, political party staff are seeking to tap into the so-called "gray zone" of voters recorded by a recent poll conducted by the Pulse company.

These voters - amounting to an impressive 12.5% of the electorate - include those who said they were undecided or refused to answer what they would vote for, as well as those who said they would cast a blank or invalid ballot or abstain altogether from the electoral process.

The majority, 55-60%, are under the age of 45 and most identify as right-wing, center-right or center-left.

Around a third (35%) said they will definitely go to the polls. Three in 10 will cast their ballot by evaluating people and proposals. Two in 10 prefer punitive voting as a criterion, while one in 10 will probably vote the same way again as in the previous...