Unfortunately you're not wrong that many people don't care 'bout the European election, on the other hand it means that there is a big intersection between the people who care about the European election and the ones who want to see more support for Urkaine, and for a political party it's still an election with MEP and assistant positions to get, this is crucial to keep the party alive and prepare the post-Macron era.

However, even though the power balance in the EU is too much in favour of the council rather the parliament, there is tons of laws coming from the European level (GDPR is a big one, but recently the EP voted against a medical visit for the driver licence) so this election has a big weight