Bringing Back a Larger Pie from Brussels: The Adjustment of National Party Strategy through Party Switching in the European Parliament

This paper examines the political dynamics that explain the exceptionally high number of shifts in political group affiliation by members of the European Parliament during legislative mandates. The analysis is built on extensive interviewing with former MEPs and EP staff and on archival research on...

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Main Author: Evans, Ana Maria (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Political Parties
Party Competition in the European Parliament
European Institutions
Democracy in the EU
Partidos Políticos
Competição Partidária no Parlamento Europeu
Instituições Europeias
Democracia na UE
Sistema Político Europeu
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10071/1477
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/1477
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Summary:This paper examines the political dynamics that explain the exceptionally high number of shifts in political group affiliation by members of the European Parliament during legislative mandates. The analysis is built on extensive interviewing with former MEPs and EP staff and on archival research on primary sources. The paper makes an argument on the strategic incentives that drive switching behavior in the EP and investigates its consequences for the evolution of party politics and democracy in the EU.

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