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2019 European Elections
The EU Party Democracy and the Challenge of National Populism
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This volume aims to provide consolidated analyses of the 2019 European elections and explanations about the future of the European party system, in a context in which the EU has to face many challenges, including the erosion of electoral support for mainstream parties and the increasing success of populist parties. The structure of the book is designed to combine the overall view on the role of elections in shaping the future European project with relevant case studies.
The reader is given a perspective not only on the results of the European Parliament elections as such, but also on how these results are related to national trends which pre-exist and what kind of collateral effects on the quality of democracy they could have.
Contributors include: Jan BÃba, Sorin Bocancea, Dóra Bókay, Radu Carp, József Dúró, Tomáš DvoÅák, Alexandra Alina Iancu, Ruxandra Ivan, Petra Jankovská, MaÅgorzata Madej, Cristina MatiuÈa, Sergiu MiÈcoiu, Valentin Naumescu, Gianluca Piccolino, Leonardo Puleo, Alexandru Radu, Mihai Sebe, Sorina Soare, Tobias Spöri, Jeremias Stadlmair, Martin Å tefek, Piotr Sula, and Jaroslav UÅ¡iak.
The reader is given a perspective not only on the results of the European Parliament elections as such, but also on how these results are related to national trends which pre-exist and what kind of collateral effects on the quality of democracy they could have.
Contributors include: Jan BÃba, Sorin Bocancea, Dóra Bókay, Radu Carp, József Dúró, Tomáš DvoÅák, Alexandra Alina Iancu, Ruxandra Ivan, Petra Jankovská, MaÅgorzata Madej, Cristina MatiuÈa, Sergiu MiÈcoiu, Valentin Naumescu, Gianluca Piccolino, Leonardo Puleo, Alexandru Radu, Mihai Sebe, Sorina Soare, Tobias Spöri, Jeremias Stadlmair, Martin Å tefek, Piotr Sula, and Jaroslav UÅ¡iak.
Radu Carp, Ph.D., is Professor at the University of Bucharest, where he teaches Comparative Constitutional Law and European Governance. His most recent book is Does Politics Still Have a Meaning? The Instruments of Democracy and the Burden of Populism (in Romanian, Humanitas, 2018).
Cristina MatiuÈa, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Oradea, Romania. Her latest book is entitled: Who Iâm voting For? Dynamics of the Party System in Romania: 1990-2018 (in Romanian, European Institute, 2018).
Cristina MatiuÈa, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Oradea, Romania. Her latest book is entitled: Who Iâm voting For? Dynamics of the Party System in Romania: 1990-2018 (in Romanian, European Institute, 2018).
âList of Figures, Tables and Maps
âNotes on Contributors
âIntroduction
âRadu Carp and Cristina MatiuÈa
Part 1: Stability, Change and Challenges for the
â1Answers and Dilemmas Following the 2019 European Elections
âValentin Naumescu
â2The Demise of the Spitzenkandidaten System: decline of EU Democratization or (Euro)party Process of Adaptation?
âAlexandra Alina Iancu
â3Electoral Engineering for a European Demos: building European Identity through Elections
âRuxandra Ivan
â4Towards a More Democratic European Union: how to Use the Elections for the European Parliament to Create a True Pan-European Constituency? Old Debates, New Challenges
âMihai Sebe
â5The Citizensâ Perceptions ahead of the 2019 European Parliament Vote â The Accuracy of the Eurobarometer Democracy and Elections
âRadu Carp
â6The Exploitation for Populist Purposes of Difficulties in the EU â An Important Problem of the EU
âSorin Bocancea
â7Back on Track: the French Far Rightâs (Narrow) Win in the 2019 European Elections
âSergiu MiÈcoiu
â8Europe Up for Grabs: an Italian Perspective
âGianluca Piccolino, Leonardo Puleo and Sorina Soare
â9European Parliamentary Elections in Austria âGone Ibizaâ
âTobias Spöri and Jeremias Stadlmair
â10A Dress Rehearsal: european Elections in Poland before the Parliamentary Race
âPiotr Sula and MaÅgorzata Madej
â11The 2019 European Parliament Elections in Hungary
âJózsef Dúró and Dóra Bókay
â12Rise of Euroscepticism in Slovak Political Parties before Election to European Parliament: case of Rise of Extremism in Slovak Society
âJaroslav UÅ¡iak and Petra Jankovská
â13Ambiguity towards the EU as a Destiny of Czech Politics: the Case of the ANO Movement
âJan BÃba, Tomáš DvoÅák and Martin Å tefek
â14The European Elections Campaign in Romania: between Contesting and Embracing the EU
âCristina MatiuÈa
â15A Pattern of European Parliament Elections in Romania (2007â2019)
âAlexandru Radu
âConclusions
âRadu Carp and Cristina MatiuÈa
âIndex
âNotes on Contributors
âIntroduction
âRadu Carp and Cristina MatiuÈa
Part 1: Stability, Change and Challenges for the EU Party System
â1Answers and Dilemmas Following the 2019 European Elections
âValentin Naumescu
â2The Demise of the Spitzenkandidaten System: decline of EU Democratization or (Euro)party Process of Adaptation?
âAlexandra Alina Iancu
â3Electoral Engineering for a European Demos: building European Identity through Elections
âRuxandra Ivan
â4Towards a More Democratic European Union: how to Use the Elections for the European Parliament to Create a True Pan-European Constituency? Old Debates, New Challenges
âMihai Sebe
â5The Citizensâ Perceptions ahead of the 2019 European Parliament Vote â The Accuracy of the Eurobarometer Democracy and Elections
âRadu Carp
â6The Exploitation for Populist Purposes of Difficulties in the EU â An Important Problem of the EU
âSorin Bocancea
Part 2: Case Studies
â7Back on Track: the French Far Rightâs (Narrow) Win in the 2019 European Elections
âSergiu MiÈcoiu
â8Europe Up for Grabs: an Italian Perspective
âGianluca Piccolino, Leonardo Puleo and Sorina Soare
â9European Parliamentary Elections in Austria âGone Ibizaâ
âTobias Spöri and Jeremias Stadlmair
â10A Dress Rehearsal: european Elections in Poland before the Parliamentary Race
âPiotr Sula and MaÅgorzata Madej
â11The 2019 European Parliament Elections in Hungary
âJózsef Dúró and Dóra Bókay
â12Rise of Euroscepticism in Slovak Political Parties before Election to European Parliament: case of Rise of Extremism in Slovak Society
âJaroslav UÅ¡iak and Petra Jankovská
â13Ambiguity towards the EU as a Destiny of Czech Politics: the Case of the ANO Movement
âJan BÃba, Tomáš DvoÅák and Martin Å tefek
â14The European Elections Campaign in Romania: between Contesting and Embracing the EU
âCristina MatiuÈa
â15A Pattern of European Parliament Elections in Romania (2007â2019)
âAlexandru Radu
âConclusions
âRadu Carp and Cristina MatiuÈa
âIndex
Academics, students, teachers, as well as practitioners and all those interested in the evolution of parties and democracy in the EU.