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Lefkofridi, Zoe and Katsanidou, Alexia (2018). A Step Closer to a Transnational Party System? Competition and Coherence in the 2009 and 2014 European Parliament. JCMS-J. Common Mark. Stud., 56 (6). S. 1462 - 1483. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1468-5965

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Abstract

At this stage of European integration and given the high degree of Europe's politicization and salience caused by the recent global financial crisis, representative democracy in the EU can only function if parties mobilize beyond borders. We examine whether European Party Groups (EPG) in the European Parliament (EP) offer distinct policy alternatives and how coherent these are. We use party position data collected by two Voting Advice Applications designed for the 2009 and 2014 EP elections, respectively (EUProfiler and Euandi). We find evidence of competition between EPGs groups on both left right issues and European integration; on the latter issue, there is greater differentiation within the anti-EU camp. Coherence within EPG exists, though it varies across issues, EPGs and between election years examined: it is greater on European integration than on left-right issues and it is particularly high for right wing eurosceptics though for most parties it deteriorates between 2009 and 2014.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Lefkofridi, Zoe UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Katsanidou, Alexia UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-175135
DOI:	10.1111/jcms.12755
Journal or Publication Title:	JCMS-J. Common Mark. Stud.
Volume:	56
Number:	6
Page Range:	S. 1462 - 1483
Date:	2018
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1468-5965
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language NATIONAL PARTIES; POLICY; EU Multiple languages Economics; International Relations; Political Science Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/17513