What’s New in the EP? EU-issue Parties and the Europeanization of National Party Systems
Focusing on the three preceding elections to the European Parliament, this contribution means to challenge the traditional understanding that the concept of Europeanization has not yet reached the stage of national party systems. Contrary to earlier studies, we find that both the significant rise of successful EU-issue parties and the resulting erosion of the arena-issue inversion favour the Europeanization of domestic party systems throughout EU member states.
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