Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 3,299
Cover Image
In the Shadow of the Constitution: Common Foreign and Security Policy/European Security and Defence Policy Adapting to a Changing External Environment
Nickel, Dietmar; Quille, Gerrard - Jean Monnet Chair - 2007
Abstract: The European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) is understood as an important new "instrument" in the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) "toolbox", designed to respond to the contemporary security environment as well as to overcome the inaction and hesitancy of the past....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611148
Cover Image
Populism in the first European elections in the Czech Republic
Pitrová, Markéta - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 11 (2007) 03
The paper seeks to examine the phenomenon of populism in connection with the first EP elections in the Czech Republic (CZ). It aspires to answer the question whether the first EP elections can be described as populist and, if yes, then owing to which parties. It gives a basic overview of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004969286
Cover Image
The Europeanisation of Parliaments in Central and Eastern Europe
Guasti, Petra - RECON - 2011
The role and functioning of the upper chambers of Central and Eastern European (CEE) parliaments have for a long time been a minor topic on the research agenda of legislative specialists. This paper seeks to fill the gap in existing research by aiming to determine the main effects caused by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008919633
Cover Image
When quantity matters: Activity levels and re-election prospects of Members of the European Parliament
Sigalas, Emmanuel - RECON - 2011
incentives to maximise MEPs’ performance in the EP. On the other, MEPs may wish to prove to their European political group, their … hierarchy.The paper focuses on the quantitative aspect of MEPs’ work in the EP. As sensationalist evidence on MEPs performance … media have often picked up how many reports, resolutions and questions MEPs have drafted in order to distinguish between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147481
Cover Image
Rashomon in Karlsruhe - A reflection on Democracy and Identity in the European Union
"Franz C. Mayer" - Jean Monnet Chair - 2001
Abstract: On June 30, 2009, the German Constitutional Court declared the Lisbon Treaty to be compatible with the German constitution. The Lisbon decision marked the end of an intense constitutional battle. The following text illustrates how different views on and different understandings of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008742943
Cover Image
Legislative Behaviour and Party Competition in the EU: An Application of NOMINATE to the Post-1999 European Parliament
Hix, Simon - One-Europe Programme - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005754838
Cover Image
Reconstituting Political Representation in the EU: The analytical framework and the operationalisation of the RECON models
Emmanuel Sigalas, Monika Mokre, Johannes Pollak, Jozef … - RECON - 2009
In this paper we elaborate on the analytical framework linking the three RECON democracy models to political representation and claims-making during the European elections campaign. Relying on the models of delegated, federal and regional-cosmopolitan democracy as ideal-types we develop a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543456
Cover Image
Multilevel representation in the European Parliament
Lefkofridi, Zoe; Katsanidou, Alexia - In: European Union Politics 15 (2014) 1, pp. 108-131
Congruence in the European Parliament has been analyzed in terms of agreement between voters and national candidates/parties. The question whether voters and Europarties are congruent on major dimensions of contestation (left-right and European Union) remains unanswered. Acknowledging the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011136951
Cover Image
Die Chance für ein europäisches Parteiensystem aus der Sicht von Wählerwahrnehmungen und Policy - Dimensionen
Stoiber, Michael - Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung, … - 1997
Die Frage nach der Existenz eines bereits vorhandenen oder die Chance für ein genuines europäisches Parteiensystem steht im Mittelpunkt dieses Arbeitsberichtes. Ausgegangen wird von einem Policy-orientierten Ansatz, der postuliert, daß zum Zustandekommen eines europäischen Parteiensystems...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005754788
Cover Image
A Theoretical and Empirical Study of Corporate Lobbying in the European Parliament
Bouwen, Pieter - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 7 (2003) 12
This paper is an attempt to empirically test a theory of access that investigates the logic behind the apparent ad hoc lobbying behavior of business interests in the European Parliament. The theoretical framework tries to explain the degree of access of different organizational forms of business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004969311