In European Parliament elections turnout rates, traditionally lower than in national parliamentary elections, decrease …

The European Parliament elections taking place on 4-7 June 2009 will provide a unique opportunity for addressing the …

ethnic parties and their electorates in four new EU member states at the 2009 European Parliament elections. The paper builds …

This paper utilizes data from the 2009 European Election Study to investigate how experience with parliamentary … traditions at the national level and perceptions of the European Parliament at the European level interact to influence voting … governing parties suffer losses in EP elections, particularly in the middle of the election cycle; this research concludes that …

parliamentary term to assess how European Parliament (EP) election proximity affects party group cohesion. Our formal model of …Parties value unity, yet, members of parliament face competing demands, giving them incentives to deviate from the … party line. For members of the European Parliament (MEPs), these competing demands are national party and European party …

This article examines the 2014 European Parliament elections and their impact on the future functioning of the EU and … will try to fight a backfire in the European Parliament, resisting post-Lisbon Treaty attempts by the Parliament to …