European Parliament’s Political Groups in Turbulent Times
European Parliament’s Political Groups in Turbulent Times

Author: Petra Ahrens

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-07-08

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 3030940128

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This open access book provides the first ever authoritative collection of scholarly insights, based upon original research, into the political groups of the EP tackling the fundamental changes since the Lisbon Treaty and the upsurge of radical right parties. It analyses political groups and their importance from multiple perspectives critically assessing their role and significance in EU politics. Each chapter is authored by leading scholars in the field, working on key topics in relation to political groups: political group formation and function, their role in parliamentary and EU policy-making, the way that Eurosceptic MEPs influence (or not) the Parliament, and the nature and form of interactions with external actors. In doing so, each chapter opens hitherto unexplored ‘black boxes’ in the political work of the EP, such as the internal practices of, and power relations within the political groups, and informal arenas of intra-group decision-making.

The Political System of the European Union, Second Edition
The Political System of the European Union, Second Edition

Author: Simon Hix

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2005-04-16

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9780333961827

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A substantially revised and updated new edition of this highly-successful and ground-breaking text which analyzes the EU as a political system using the methods of comparative political science.

Parliaments and Parties
Parliaments and Parties

Author: Roger Morgan

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 1349243876

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This book analyses the European Parliament's relations with the national parliaments of the European Union, in terms of political party interactions, institutional arrangements, and two-way influence. Each of the twelve chapters on the member-states of the EU covers three main themes: the links between party-political activity at the European and national levels; the degree of cooperation between the national and the European parliaments; and the extent to which the national legislature is influenced by the EP's resolutions or other communications.

Parliamentary Party Groups in European Democracies
Parliamentary Party Groups in European Democracies

Author: Knut Heidar

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-08-29

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 1134594755

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The partisan groups in parliament form the link between mass suffrage, parties and parliaments, and are generally accepted today as necessary instruments of parliamentary business. Parliamentary party groups are central actors in most European democracies. This volume analyses the manifestations and operations of these actors across thirteen different countries and in the European parliament.

Shaping Parliamentary Democracy
Shaping Parliamentary Democracy

Author: Alfredo De Feo

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-09-16

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 3030272133

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This book analyses nearly 100 original interviews with Members of the European Parliament from across the European Union who were active between 1979 and 2019. These interviews, preserved in the Historical Archives of the European Union at the European University Institute, capture the memories of the MEPs about their own roles and their assessment of what the parliament achieved in developing a European parliamentary democracy in the forty years following the first direct elections. The book offers a taste of the interviews in ten chapters, each of which corresponds to a specific theme presented in the archive: choosing the parliament, working inside the parliament machine, living inside the political groups, playing a part in major moments, influencing and shaping policy, scrutinizing and holding to account, making a mark beyond the EU, communicating the work of the parliament, keeping in touch with national societies, and looking to the future.

European Parliament: Political Groups on the Web
European Parliament: Political Groups on the Web

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The European Parliament of the European Union presents a collection of Web sites of European political groups participating in the European Parliament. The members of the European Parliament form European political groups, not national delegations. The groups include the Confederal Group of the European United Left, the Group of the European People's Party and European Democrats in the European Parliament, and the Union for Europe from the Nations (UEN).

The European Parliament
The European Parliament

Author: Bernard Steunenberg

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780742501263

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Exploring the European Union's 'democratic deficit,' this book traces the halting development of parliamentary democracy at the European level. Arguing that the key actor in this crucial process is the European Parliament, the contributors concentrate on two of the classic functions of a parliament: the legislative and the representative. The contributors analyze the ongoing tensions between party orientations and national loyalties, between national parties and European party groups, and between representatives at the national and regional level. Visit our website for sample chapters!