PT Unknown
AU Switek, N
   Weissenbach, K
TI ever-closer party? The institutionalization of the European Green Party after the 2019 European election
PD 07
PY 2022
DI 10.1007/978-3-658-29277-5_6
LA en
DE European Green Party (EGP); Spitzenkandidaten; Party Institutionalization; Network Analysis; European Election 2019
AB This article assesses long-term effects of the introduction of leading candidates on the institutionalization of the European Green Party. Our analysis combines social media and manifesto data with qualitative interviews and a media analysis. Strong election results in 2019 as well as an increasing perception as a mainstream-actor point to an objectively and externally institutionalized party. However, in the internal dimension the influence of the candidates in conjunction with programmatic disparities undermine the status of a routinized and influential Europarty.
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