Voting Behaviour in the European Parliament and Economic Governance Reform: Does Nationality Matter?
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DOI: 10.1007/s11079-017-9461-0
Abstract: This paper analyses MEPs’ voting behaviour on all regulations and directives forming the Six-Pack and the Two-Pack together with the key vote required to establish the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). Whereas scholarly work has traditionally… read more here.
Keywords: european parliament; behaviour european; economic governance; voting behaviour ... See more keywords
Is the European Parliament a Key to Success for (All) Right-Wing Populist Parties? Two Different Pathways to Engaging with the EP
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DOI: 10.1017/gov.2024.34
Abstract: Abstract This study examines the intra-party mechanism that links right-wing populist parties' electoral performance in European elections and their persistence on the national political stage. Nationally marginalized right-wing populist parties have benefited from the second-order… read more here.
Keywords: wing populist; success; right wing; european parliament ... See more keywords
Exploring the Origins of EU Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland through the Role of John Hume and the European Parliament
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DOI: 10.1017/s0960777323000206
Abstract: This article explores the origins of the European Union (EU) peacebuilding approach in Northern Ireland through the role of the long-serving MEP and Nobel Laureate, John Hume. It gives particular emphasis to the part played… read more here.
Keywords: john hume; northern ireland; role; european parliament ... See more keywords
The Consequences of Quotas: Assessing the Effect of Varied Gender Quotas on Legislator Experience in the European Parliament
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DOI: 10.1017/s1743923x19000291
Abstract: Abstract This article explores the consequences of quotas on the level of diversity observed in legislators’ professional and political experience. We examine how party system and electoral system features that are meant to favor female… read more here.
Keywords: gender quotas; european parliament; consequences quotas; parliament ... See more keywords
Institutions or ideology? Cross-party and cross-country analysis of factors contributing to the election of women to the European Parliament
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DOI: 10.1017/s1755773924000286
Abstract: The article examines the key factors influencing women’s electoral success in European Parliament (EP) elections. We present a new conceptual approach and a novel model that simultaneously incorporates trends in party characteristics, institutional and socio-economic… read more here.
Keywords: election women; party; cross; ideology ... See more keywords
The Eurosceptic Europeanization of public spheres: print and social media reactions to the 2014 European Parliament elections
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DOI: 10.1057/s41295-017-0099-5
Abstract: The present study tests the theoretical claim that Eurosceptics contribute to the Europeanization of national public spheres. Although advocating a renationalization of European politics, Eurosceptic parties can engender public media debates of transnational or European… read more here.
Keywords: european parliament; europeanization; social media; parliament elections ... See more keywords
Complementing, competing, or co-operating? Exploring newspapers’ portrayals of the European Parliament and national parliaments in EU affairs
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DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2017.1281262
Abstract: Abstract The paper explores newspapers’ portrayals of the European Parliament and national parliaments (NPs) in European Union (EU) affairs. To understand underlying perceptions of journalists, it takes public parliamentary activities and looks at their influence… read more here.
Keywords: parliament national; portrayals european; national parliaments; european parliament ... See more keywords
The micro-politics of parliamentary powers: European parliament strategies for expanding its influence in the EU institutional system
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DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2018.1462351
Abstract: Abstract The European Parliament (EP) has gained considerable new powers since it was first established in 1952. Why has this happened, and how should the powers the EP possesses be assessed? This article suggests a… read more here.
Keywords: micro politics; system; european parliament; parliamentary powers ... See more keywords
The implications of the better regulation agenda for the European Parliament’s inter- and intra-institutional power relations
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DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2019.1572134
Abstract: ABSTRACT How do the European Commission’s and the European Parliament (EP) Secretariat’s better regulation agendas affect the EP’s intra- and inter-institutional relations? Based on document analysis and interviews with members of the EP and EU… read more here.
Keywords: european parliament; implications better; better regulation; inter ... See more keywords
Failing under the ‘shadow of hierarchy’: explaining the role of the European Parliament in the EU’s ‘asylum crisis’
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DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2019.1599368
Abstract: ABSTRACT One of the main proposals to solve the ‘asylum crisis’ of 2015–2016 was to reform the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) and, in particular, the Dublin regime. However, the European Council conclusion of June… read more here.
Keywords: shadow hierarchy; asylum; european parliament; asylum crisis ... See more keywords
Negotiating Brexit: the European Parliament between participation and influence
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DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2019.1599372
Abstract: ABSTRACT Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon gives the European Parliament (EP) the power to consent on the terms of the withdrawal agreement between the exiting state and the EU. As Brexit is the… read more here.
Keywords: brexit european; european parliament; negotiating brexit; influence ... See more keywords