Using a novel regional database covering over 200 elections in several European countries,
this paper provides new empirical evidence on the political consequences of fiscal …

The 2008 economic crisis brought an increasing support for some European radical left
parties (RLPs) and renewed academic attention to this party family. This article …

This paper draws on the literature on party competition and issue ownership to assess
whether political membership on the right-left dimension explains party stances on …

The role of political parties in foreign policy is gaining increasing attention. Nonetheless,
despite an extraordinary interest in 'populism', the foreign policy of populist parties has rarely …

This article analyzes the politicization of European integration in Italy. Has the euro crisis
catalyzed a new electoral supply, which may have been matched by voters' responses …

The literature on populist parties has tended to look at this new phenomenon as distinct from
traditional party models. While there are a number of studies focusing on specific …

The aim of this chapter is to present the evolution and strengthening of the European
Parliament Political Groups and European Political Parties from a comparative perspective …

Over the past decade we have witnessed the rise of radical left parties (RLPs) in several
European countries. According to the prevalent definition in the literature, the key feature of …

The first Conte government, which led Italy from 2018 until early September 2019, was the
first government in the EU to express a negative attitude to the Euro. Both parties that formed …

Is Euro-voting truly supranational? : national affiliation and political group membership in the
European Parliament / Lorenzo C Page 1 SCIENZA POLITICA 9 Lorenzo Cicchi Is Euro-voting …