Europe Elects a Parliament: Cognitive Mobilization, Political Mobilization and Pro‐European Attitudes as Influences on Voter Turnout
1979 ◽
Vol 14
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pp. 479-507
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In June 1979, 110,968,000 citizens of the nine European Community countries voted to select representatives to the European Parliament - the fvst directlyelected supranational parliament in history.Representatives from nine nations sit together as members of transnational party federations that have, in varying degrees, worked out joint political programmes. As a democratically elected body, the new European Parliament possesses a political legitimacy that the former, appointed, Parliament never had. By itself, this does not automatically give it a more influential role in decision-making at the European level, but it certainly strengthens the Parliament's potential to do so.
2017 ◽
Vol 7
(1)
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pp. 31-34
2011 ◽
Vol 20
(4)
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pp. 121-123
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2000 ◽
Vol 16
(2)
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pp. 299-302
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