In an article published on 26 April 2004 in the daily newspaper La Voix du Luxembourg, Philippe Poirier, a research worker at the University of Luxembourg, outlines the special features of the Luxembourg electoral system as regards the European Parliament elections. In particular, he criticises the shortcomings which prevent electors from voting for the candidates on the basis of the political group to which they will belong and of the role that they will actually play as MEPs.