From excluded to excluder: Spain in the transatlantic security community

Lachmann, Niels

doi:10.1057/palgrave.jird.1800086

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“…It remained very high in 2011, with 98.6% of positive references being only less than a percentage point lower than in 2008. Even in the area of foreign policy, in which the PP has sometimes been portrayed as too keen on developing transatlantic relations to the expense of links with European neighbours (Chislett 2006;Lachmann 2006), the party's manifestos display an appreciation of EU positions.…”

Section: Europeanization At the Level Of Policy Positionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

EU membership and the Europeanization of Spanish political parties

Pardo

2012

International Journal of Iberian Studies

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This article explores the extent to which Spanish political parties have been affected by the pro-European views of a wide majority of the Spanish electorate and by EU membership. It suggests that Spain's two main political parties, the Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) and the Partido Popular (PP), have become Europeanized as a result of both phenomena. Hence, socialists and conservatives have adapted their political discourse to reflect and satisfy the pro-European stance of most Spaniards and the demands related to EU membership. To prove the Europeanization of these parties, I analyze the electoral manifestos that PSOE and PP have used to communicate their political agenda to the Spanish electorate in national elections dating back to the restoration of democracy.

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Section: Europeanization At the Level Of Policy Positionsmentioning

confidence: 99%