The European People's Party

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Jansen
Keyword(s):  
People's Party ◽  
European People’S Party

scholarly journals Why does the European Right accommodate backsliding states? An analysis of 24 European People’s Party votes (2011–2019)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-187
Author(s):  
Lise Esther Herman ◽  
Julian Hoerner ◽  
Joseph Lacey
Keyword(s):  
National Level ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
People's Party ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
European People’S Party ◽  
Democratic Principles ◽  
National Governments ◽  
Fundamental Values ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Eu

AbstractOver the last decade, the EU’s fundamental values have been under threat at the national level, in particular among several Central and Eastern European states that joined the EU since 2004. During this time, the European People’s Party (EPP) has been criticized for its unwillingness to vote for measures that would sanction the Hungarian Fidesz government, one of its members, in breach of key democratic principles since 2010. In this paper, we seek to understand how cohesive the EPP group has been on fundamental values-related votes, how the position of EPP MEPs on these issues has evolved over time, and what explains intra-EPP disagreement on whether to accommodate fundamental values violators within the EU. To address these questions, we analyse the votes of EPP MEPs across 24 resolutions on the protection of EU fundamental values between 2011 and 2019. Our findings reveal below-average EPP cohesion on these votes, and a sharp increase in the tendency of EPP MEPs to support these resolutions over time. A number of factors explain the disagreements we find. While the EPP’s desire to maintain Fidesz within its ranks is central, this explanation does not offer a comprehensive account of the group’s accommodative behaviour. In particular, we find that ideological factors as well as the strategic interests of national governments at the EU level are central to understanding the positions of EPP MEPs, as well as the evolution of these positions over time. These results further our understanding of the nature of the obstacles to EU sanctions in fundamental values abuse cases, and the role of partisanship in fuelling EU inaction especially.

La pensée des femmes catholiques en Europe. Les combats de Maria Paola Colombo Svevo

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-262
Author(s):  
Maria CHIARA MATTESINI
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Party ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Party Member ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Equal Pay ◽  
People's Party ◽  
European People’S Party ◽  
Equal Work ◽  
Trafficking In Human Beings

‘Equal pay for equal work’, ‘Action against trafficking in human beings’ and the ‘Role of cooperatives in the growth of women's employment’ are those three im­portant battles carried out by the women at the European Parliament in the 1990s. They represent greater justice, more dignity, increased democracy. In particular, the article wants to remember the figure of Maria Paola Colombo Svevo, senator of the Italian Christian-Democratic Party, member of the European People's Party and member of the European Parliament between 1995 and 1999.

Europarties’ election pledges and European Commission legislative priorities: An assessment of their overlap

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 795-806
Author(s):  
Petia Kostadinova ◽  
Magda Giurcanu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
European Union ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Democratic Legitimacy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Data Set ◽  
People's Party ◽  
European People’S Party ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
Institutional Relations

Utilizing a newly compiled data set, this article demonstrates that some election pledges made by the transnational Europarties are included among the European Commission priorities issued during the pre-legislative stage. The data set consists of 597 promises made by four transnational Europarties during the 2004 and 2009 European Parliament (EP) elections and of 698 subsequent Commission legislative intentions. Focusing on the time periods during the Barroso presidencies, the article’s findings suggest that (1) decision-making rules in the EP help us understand which transnational pledges are included in Commission priorities and (2) promises by two Europarties, such as the European People’s Party and the European Liberal and Democrat Party, are more likely to be considered by the Commission than those of other Europarties. Our results speak to scholarly debates on the place of the Europarties in the European Union inter-institutional relations and more broadly on the democratic legitimacy of the Union.

scholarly journals The joys and frustrations of an environmental law-maker

European View ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-185
Author(s):  
Eija-Ritta Korhola
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Politics ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Policy Area ◽  
Climate Politics ◽  
People's Party ◽  
Green Approach ◽  
Political Approach ◽  
European People’S Party ◽  
Party Family

For many years, environmental politics was seen as a relatively light policy area. In many European countries environmental issues were usually delegated to the Greens. As a result, until recently, climate and environmental policy has been dominated by the political approach and emphasis of the green movement. Today, however, political leaders across Europe are finally seeing how political environmental politics actually is. There is also a growing understanding that the green approach may not be the only possible way forward. Due to its top-down, bureaucratic and inflexible approach to the policy area, the green agenda may in fact sometimes even be dangerous. Thus, this article argues that the time has come to shift the paradigms of environmental politics and climate politics from the politics of limitation to the politics of possibilities. The European People’s Party family could offer a real alternative to the green agenda and show the merits of environmental subsidiarity.

Germany’s Balkan initiative will require new approach

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Situation ◽  
Eu Enlargement ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
People's Party ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Angela Merkel ◽  
European People’S Party ◽  
Commission President ◽  
Political Economic

Subject Germany’s unilateral Balkan initiative. Significance The Zagreb trip of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the European People’s Party (EPP) ‘Spitzenkandidat’ for European Commission president, Manfred Weber, lies behind Germany’s attempt to soothe growing Balkan tensions and keep the region out of the European Parliament (EP) elections. Impacts If EU enlargement is abandoned, it will incline the Balkans further towards such foreign actors as Russia, Turkey and China. Bosnia is drifting towards becoming a failed state and breaking up, which could trigger new violence drawing in Serbia and Croatia. The weakening EU role has contributed to a worsening ethnic, security, political, economic and social situation in every Balkan country.

East-west EU divides will persist under new Commission

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Content Type ◽  
People's Party ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Central Eastern Europe ◽  
Spheres Of Influence ◽  
The Status ◽  
Dominant Parties ◽  
President Elect ◽  
European People’S Party ◽  
Commission President

Subject CEE influence in the new Commission. Significance Disunited Central-Eastern Europe (CEE) lacks the power to influence EU agenda-building and needs support from others. This increases the role of French President Emmanuel Macron as his administration, the Renew Europe group, European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen and the European People's Party (EPP) divide spheres of influence in the Eastern EU. Impacts Maintaining the status quo will require functional collaboration between EU member states and getting CEE on board. Interest in further enlargement will continue to fade and Western Balkan support for the EU will fall without more EU involvement. Pro-EU and social modernisation movements may form in some CEE states in reaction to the dominant parties of recent years.

scholarly journals The Choice of Spitzenkandidaten: A Comparative Analysis of the Europarties’ Selection Procedures

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gert-Jan Put ◽  
Steven Van Hecke ◽  
Corey Cunningham ◽  
Wouter Wolfs
Keyword(s):  
Green Party ◽  
Selection Procedures ◽  
People's Party ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Party Elites ◽  
European People’S Party ◽  
Run Up ◽  
Internal Procedures ◽  
European Parliament Elections ◽  
The Eu

The selection of leading candidates by the political families, the so-called <em>Spitzenkandidaten</em>, is relatively groundbreaking as it is the first form of political recruitment organized at the EU level. The literature on candidate selection procedures has so far concentrated on national parties and their procedures. To our knowledge the analytical model has not yet been applied at the EU level. This article will fill this gap by examining the selection procedures of Europarties, more particularly for their EC presidency candidates, a novelty of the 2014 European Parliament elections. Based on the analysis of the procedures applied within the European People’s Party (EPP), the Party of European Socialists (PES), the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE), the European Green Party (EGP), and the Party of the European Left (EL), one of the main findings of this article is that the procedures are largely copy-paste from the Europarties’ internal procedures for selecting a president. This can largely be explained by the lack of time and experience their party elites had in the run-up to the 2014 elections. We therefore expect the Europarties to further professionalize their selection procedures and start the process earlier with more high profile politicians to stand as candidates in 2019.

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