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Politicising Europe in National and European Elections

Democracy
Elections
European Union
Political Parties
Representation
Campaign
Domestic Politics
European Parliament
S276
Daniela Braun
Saarland University
Swen Hutter
Freie Universität Berlin

Building: (Building C) Faculty of Law, Administration & Economics, Floor: 4th floor, Room: 405

Thursday 09:00 - 10:40 CEST (05/09/2019)

Abstract

In the last decade, there has been a burgeoning literature on the politicization of Europe. Inspired by post-functionalist integration theory, this literature shows that there has been a substantial amount of politicization of European issues in national integration debates, national election campaigns and national parliamentary debates. Nevertheless, there is a strong focus on the national level, whereas the supranational level has been rather neglected so far. Against this background, our panel brings together scholars with a particular interest in exploring politicisation from a more “European” perspective. Accordingly, we discuss papers with two different foci: On the one hand, we aim to scrutinize the context sensitivity of the above mentioned findings. We encourage scholars to take into account in particular European elections (i.e. elections to the European Parliament). On the other hand, we are interested in comparisons between the national and the European level in the context of EU politicization.

Title Details
Politicising Europe in European Elections – A Comparative Analysis View Paper Details
Does Politicisation Matter for EU Representation? A Comparison of Four European Parliament Elections View Paper Details
The Justification of Parties’ Positions on European Issues in EP Election Debates View Paper Details
The EP Election 2019: A Vote for Whom? View Paper Details