The 2004 elections to the European Parliament / edited by Juliet Lodge.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lodge, Juliet.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Parliament--Elections, 2004.

European Parliament.

Physical Description:

xxi, 307 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Summary:

Twenty-five years have passed since the first Euro-elections. The sixth elections to the European Parliament are marked by the participation of ten new states from central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe, the conclusions of the 2003-02 IGC on a constitution for the new Europe, referenda on the constitution and on accession to the EU and the Euro, amid deep division over the EU's external role in the wake of the Iraq war and subsequent relations with the US. This book includes results from all member states, together with full coverage of the campaigns, and the key political issues of the election.

Contents:

1 Euro-Elections 2004 - A Defining Point in European Integration? / Juliet Lodge 3

2 European Parliament 1999-2004 / Richard Corbett 8

3 European Parliamentary Electoral Law and the 2004 Elections: Towards Uniformity or Commonality? / James D. Mather 18

4 The EP Party System After the 2004 Elections / Tapio Raunio 33

5 EUphoria to Apathy: EP Turnout in the New Member States / Mark D. Baimbridge 45

Part II Country Case Studies

6 Austria / Josef Melchior 57

7 Belgium / Tom Delreux, Caroline Steensels 65

8 Cyprus / Costas Melakopides 73

9 Czech Republic / Lenka Rovna 81

10 Denmark / Karina Pedersen 88

11 Estonia / Terry Mayer 95

12 Finland / Tapio Raunio 101

13 France / Helen Drake 109

14 Germany / Simon Green 122

15 Greece / Dimitris Kavakas 131

16 Hungary / Agnes Batory 138

17 Ireland / Edward Moxon-Browne 146

18 Italy / Donatella M. Viola 155

19 Latvia / David Galbreath 165

20 Lithuania / Terry Mayer 173

21 Luxembourg / Philippe Poirier 179

22 Malta / Mark Harwood 187

23 The Netherlands / Edith Drieskens 194

24 Poland / Aleks Szczerbiak 201

25 Portugal / Jose M. Magone 210

26 Slovakia / Lenka Rovna 218

27 Slovenia / Irena Brinar 223

28 Spain / Roberto Espindola, Fabio Garcia 230

29 Sweden / Fredrik Langdal 239

30 The United Kingdom / Richard Whitaker 248

31 Communicating Europe: From Procedural Transparency to Grand Forum / Juliet Lodge 261

32 The European Parliament 2004-09 - A Parliament for the People of the New EU Polity? / Juliet Lodge 279.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1403935173

1403935181

OCLC:

57549879

Publisher Number:

9781403935175

9781403935182