Add to ORKGMuch commentary on the EP elections has followed the line that the European Parliament somehow has less democratic legitimacy because the participation rate is low, and that these elections are taken less seriously because people’s trust in the EU institutions in general and the European Parliament in particular is low. However, both arguments lose much of their validity if the numbers are judged in a wider context
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Doubts persist about the democratic legitimacy and role of the European Parliament in EU decision-ma...
European Parliament elections are often assumed to be ‘second-order national elections’ rather than ...
The lead candidate, or so-called Spitzenkandidaten procedure, is posing something of a conundrum to ...
The analysis compares voters' preferences in economic policy to political parties' economic written ...
Despite the fact that anti-establishment, mostly euro-sceptic parties won about one-fifth of the vot...
As the European Council convenes today and tomorrow (June 26-27th) to confirm Jean-Claude Juncker as...
Turnout at European Parliament elections has fallen significantly since the first elections in 1979....
The ongoing selection of the next President of the European Commission has underscored the growing i...
In one sense, the European elections of June 2009 delivered an unexpected result. In a situation whe...
Strengthening the European Parliament has often been viewed as the best method of addressing the EU’...
In the immediate aftermath of the European Parliament elections, CEPS Director Daniel Gros offers a ...
[Introduction]. ON June 10-13, 2004, voters in the 25 member states elected a new European Parliamen...
The 2014 European Parliament Elections might turn out to be not as "historic" as some people had pre...
As the dust settles from last month’s European elections and the new Parliament begins its work, Ric...
To counteract the powerful anti-Europe sentiments swirling throughout the EU today and to motivate E...
Doubts persist about the democratic legitimacy and role of the European Parliament in EU decision-ma...
European Parliament elections are often assumed to be ‘second-order national elections’ rather than ...
The lead candidate, or so-called Spitzenkandidaten procedure, is posing something of a conundrum to ...
The analysis compares voters' preferences in economic policy to political parties' economic written ...