Transnational Party Co-operation and European Integration

Pridham, Geoffrey; Pridham, Pippa

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“…Alongside increasing powers for the Parliament, transnationalisation, by which we mean the breaking down of nationally demarcated silos within which Europe's elections take place, has been an important area of development since the formation of the parliament. In practice, most existing literature has focused on transnationalisation in terms of the formation of international coalitions of parties, both in the form of political groups within the EP and especially through loosely integrated Europarties (see Hix and Lord, 1997;Pridham and Pridham, 1981). 1 The development of Europarties has been considerable in terms of increased funding and responsibilities, with major Europarties now agreeing election manifestoes and, since 2014, choosing candidates for the presidency of the European Commission, the so-called Spitzenkandidaten.…”

Section: Transnationalising Europe's Voting Spacementioning

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Europe’s voting space and the problem of second-order elections: A transnational proposal

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Garzia

Lacey

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European Union Politics

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This article offers an empirically driven critical consideration of the idea of transnationalising Europe's voting space, which would mean allowing European citizens to vote for a party from any member state at the European Parliament elections. We argue that such a move would reduce the second-order problem in European elections, as it would force political parties to move away from campaigning solely on national issues. We also claim that it would improve the extent to which Europeans are represented in their parliament and would be particularly welcomed by citizens currently dissatisfied with the state of their national democracy. We offer evidence to back up these claims, based on data on the political preferences of almost half a million Europeans and 274 European parties.

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Section: Transnationalising Europe's Voting Spacementioning

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Europe’s voting space and the problem of second-order elections: A transnational proposal

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Garzia

Lacey

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European Union Politics

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“…There is also the growing literature related to Europarties beginning from Marquand (1978), Pridham and Pridham (1981) and Niedermayer (1983) through Gaffney (1996), Hix and Lord (1997) to Delwit, Külahci and van de Walle (2001), Johansson and Zervakis (2002), Mittag (2006), Fiala, Mareš and Sokol (2007), Hanley (2008), Armbrecht (2008), de Prat (2009), Mittag and Steuwer (2010) and special issue of Acta Politica (Timuş, Lightfoot, 2014) to name only a few. But there is a lack of research on the Europarties investigated as multi-level organisations.…”

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Are the Europarties Real Political Parties? National Parties’ Involvement in Multi-level Structures of European Political Parties

Kosowska‐Gąstoł

2017

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“…To start with, early literature particularly recognises that the development of Europarties can only be understood by considering both the importance of external developments in the process of European integration and of internal developments in the emerging party federations (Day, 2014, p. 8; see e.g. Johansson, 1997, p. 107-126;Pridham & Pridham, 1981). As such, most literature describes or analyses the evolution of Europarties, aiming to identify the institutional and political factors that influence this process (e.g.…”

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“…At the time, scholars identified two most important constraints on progress towards real parties at the European level (e.g. Claeys & Loeb-Mayer, 1979;Pridham & Pridham, 1981).…”

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“…This included decisions about the course of very early European integration (Kaiser, 2007;, the fields of enlargement and development aid in the EC (Salm, 2016), accession to the EC (Gehler, 2010;Steinnes, 2008), and foreign affairs matters (Rathkolb, 2010). Bardi, 1996;Bell and Lord, 1998;Claeys and Loeb-Mayer, 1979;Dietz, 2000;Hix and Lord, 1997;Johansson, 1997;Ladrech, 1993;Niedermayer, 1983;Pridham and Pridham, 1981 Asks how national parties deal with the European Union • Focus: national parties' stances towards European integration • Little empirical research, mostly shows how national parties have developed positions on EU integration • Relevant authors: Aylott, 1997;Gaffney, 1996;Guyomarch, 1995;Raunio, 1999b Bardi and Calossi, 2009;Bressanelli, 2014;Delwit et al, 2004;Day, 2005;Gómez-Reino, 2018;Hanley, 2008;Hertner, 2011b;Johansson and Zervakis, 2002;Klüver and Rodon, 2012;Lightfoot, 2006;Van Hecke, 2010 Asks about the impact of European integration on national parties • Focus: signs of adaptation to the EU in national parties • Debate: about the extent to which changes in political parties can be attributed to European integration • Argument: national parties show some, but limited, signs of Europeanisation • Relevant authors: Aylott et al, 2013;Bomberg, 2002;Carter and Poguntke, 2010;Ladrech, 2002;Mair, 2007;M...…”

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People interested in the research are advised to contact the author for the final version of the publication, or visit the DOI to the publisher's website.• The final author version and the galley proof are versions of the publication after peer review.• The final published version features the final layout of the paper including the volume, issue and page numbers. Link to publication General rightsCopyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.• Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal. Introduction Setting the scene: National parties and democracy in the European UnionNational political parties are crucial actors in democratic systems. By participating in elections, they are the most important organisations that link citizens to the institutions of the state. Parties need to respond to the preferences and demands of citizens. And, if they win elections, they need to channel such preferences and demands into proposals for government policies (Sartori, [1976, p. 25). Fundamentally, then, in democratic systems, parties perform the function of "allowing the governed to express their demands freely and in such a way as to render them effective within the very machinery of government" (Sartori, 2005, p. 30). The performance of this function can, at heart, not be replaced by another institution, organisation, or group of actors (p. 28).In a well-functioning representative democracy, also the policies of the European Union (EU) would ultimately be the result of the expression of citizens' preferences (Hix, Kreppel & Noury, 2003, p. 310). The EU institutions take highly important policy decisions in many areas. From the area of foreign and security policy, in which they have limited, but special competences; to areas such as the internal market and regional policy, in which they share competences with the member states; and areas like trade, competition, and customs, in which they have exclusive competences. At the same time, member states retain competences to make legislation in other areas, including health and education. The EU is thus fundamentally a 'multi-level system': decisions are made both at the national, member state level and the supranational, EU level. These levels are inextricably linked to each other (Scharpf, 1994;.The democratic system of the EU is, however, particular. Most importantly, the "electoral connection" between citizens and parties at the European level is weak (Lindberg, Rasmussen & Warntjen, 2008, p. 1108. Granted, the European Parliament (EP) has become an important, directly elected instit...

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Transnational Party Co-operation and European Integration

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Europe’s voting space and the problem of second-order elections: A transnational proposal

Europe’s voting space and the problem of second-order elections: A transnational proposal

Are the Europarties Real Political Parties? National Parties’ Involvement in Multi-level Structures of European Political Parties

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