What does an MEP actually do?

Swedish MEP Amelia Andersdotter was only 24 when she took up her seat in the European Parliament

Ahead of next week's European elections she gives us a tour of the parliament in Brussels and tries to explain what an MEP actually does.

It's likely many young people won't bother to vote on 22 March - either because they don't see how it affects their life, or don't believe the European system works.

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