Support for the Far Right in the 2014 European Parliament Elections: A Comparative Perspective

2014 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAPHNE HALIKIOPOULOU ◽  
SOFIA VASILOPOULOU
Keyword(s):  
European Parliament ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Far Right ◽  
European Parliament Elections

Austria: results of the 2014 European Parliament elections

2017 ◽  
pp. 170-178
Author(s):  
Vitalij Semenko
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Political System ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Parliamentary Elections ◽  
The Republic ◽  
European Parliament Elections

The article deals with peculiarities of the regular elections in the Republic of Austria to the European Parliament in 2014, as well as the main reasons for the success of nationalists, left-wing parties, eurosceptics, populists, far-right political parties, even though the pro-European forces have retained their majority. The main results of the parliamentary elections, the conclusions of eminent political scientists, experts who researched election to the European Parliament are in details analyzed. Also, the main objectives and tasks of the party and election programs of political parties in Austria are in details characterized, which are represented in the European Parliament, this important supranational body of the European Union. Specific features of obtaining by Austria of 18 seats on the 8th next elections to the European Parliament are revealed, which took place on May 25, 2014. Keywords: Political party, euroscepticism, elections, populism, political system

The Far Right and the European Elections

2014 ◽  
Vol 113 (761) ◽  
pp. 98-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cas Mudde
Keyword(s):  
European Parliament ◽  
Far Right ◽  
European Elections ◽  
European Parliament Elections

[N]either the far right nor the ‘anti-European populists’ are on track to win a significant victory in the upcoming European Parliament elections.

Next year’s elections may reconfigure EU politics

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Far Right ◽  
National Elections ◽  
Content Type ◽  
European Parliament Elections ◽  
National Governments ◽  
The Eu

Subject Preview of the 2019 European Parliament elections. Significance European Parliament (EP) elections will take place in May 2019. The rise of far-right and in some cases far-left populist parties in recent national elections and the departure of 73 UK EP members (MEPs) due to Brexit will likely lead to a shake-up of the pan-European political parties (Europarties) that group together MEPs and organise politics in the EP. Impacts The most salient axis of competition will not be the traditional left vs right divide, but Eurosceptic populist vs pro-EU centrist. If populists make major gains and form effective alliances, this would be seen as a crisis and a threat to the functioning of the Union. Shifting alliances in the EP will impact how the EU deals with various national governments.

scholarly journals MIGRATION DISCOURSE IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: THE EXAMPLE OF 2014 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 134-143
Author(s):  
ARMEN GHAZARYAN
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
European Countries ◽  
The Political ◽  
Far Right ◽  
European Elections ◽  
European Parliament Elections ◽  
Political Realities

The article touches upon the issue of the application of the political and societal discourse on the issues of migration and eurosceptocisim in the context of the European Parliament elections of 2014. The wide use of the mentioned discourse and argumentation connected with migration was particularly exploited by far right parties. Three specific methods of the application of this discourse have been discussed: depicting migration as a sourse of “threat” and fear, as a source of islamophobia and exlopiting the fact that the discourse was often alienated from socio–economic and political realities. Some parallels have been drawn with the discourse on migration in Armenia. Key words – migration, political discourse, societal discourse, European parliament, European elections, far–right parties, populism, islamophobia, euroscepticism.

Political Cleavages and Political Parties

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell J. Dalton
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
New Left ◽  
Party Systems ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Policy Positions ◽  
Cultural Policies ◽  
Policy Choices

This chapter uses the cleavage positions of Candidates to the European Parliament (CEPs) to as representative of their parties’ political positions. Three surveys of CEPs track the evolution of party supply in European party systems. In 1979 parties were primarily aligned along a Left–Right economic cleavage. Gradually new left and Green parties began to compete in elections and crystallized and represented liberal cultural policies. In recent decades new far-right parties arose to represent culturally conservative positions. The cross-cutting cultural cleavage has also prompted many of the established parties to alter their policy positions. In most multiparty systems, political parties now compete in a fully populated two-dimensional space. This increases the supply of policy choices for the voters. The analyses are based on the Candidates to the European Parliament Studies in 1979, 1994, and 2009.

Disengaging elections? Political interest, number of elections, and turnout in elections to the European Parliament

2021 ◽  
pp. 146511652199845
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Nonnemacher
Keyword(s):  
Political Behavior ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
National Study ◽  
National Elections ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
European Election ◽  
Using Data ◽  
European Parliament Elections ◽  
Cross National Study

Since direct elections to the European Parliament began in 1979, variations in voting behavior in European Parliament elections from national elections have raised interesting questions about political behavior. I add to a growing literature that explores turnout in European Parliament elections by focusing on the count of national elections between European Parliament elections. Through a cross-national study of elections, I find that turnout decreases in the European Parliament contest following cycles with numerous national contests. Then, using data from the European Election Study, I argue that this is the result of frequent elections decreasing turnout particularly among already low interest voters who stay home. My findings have implications for how formal rules of multi-level elections shape political behavior more generally and voter fatigue in particular.

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