Elections to the European parliament

Strategic Non-Voting in European Parliament Elections

Explaining support for the UK Independence Party at the 2009 European Parliament elections

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) achieved its best result in the 2009 European elections, beating the governing Labour Party into second place. Despite its recent success we still know relatively little about who votes for the party and how these supporters compare with those of UKIP’s competitors. This paper analyses support for UKIP at the 2009 European elections first at the aggregate level,...

The Internet and the European Parliament elections: Theoretical perspectives, empirical investigations and proposals for research

This article reviews the existing literature on the study of on-line aspects of elections along three well-rehearsed theoretical frameworks: equalisation vs. normalisation, information vs. engagement, and mobilisation vs. reinforcement. It then examines the contribution of this volume to the field, first by direct reference to existing literature, then more generally, touching upon the notion o...

More Power to the European Parliament

Today, the EU is no longer a mere union of states, but more and more a union of citizens. Nevertheless, European decisions are still taken almost exclusively by the states. The role of the elected European Parliament as a source of direct legitimation is underdeveloped. This role has to be further strengthened if we are to overcome the democratic deficit of the Union-through more decision-makin...

Some further estimations for: Voting and economic factors in French elections for the European Parliament

The purpose of this note is to complete the estimates made in Auberger (2012) for French presidential elections. We study the influence of the local unemployment on the vote for French presidential elections. We build another variable taking into account the responsibility of the incumbent President for the economic situation after a cohabitation period. We also make estimates for the second-ro...