This paper argues that parties abroad are the actors of a new arena for citizenship and party
politics. The proliferation of overseas voting and the development of representative …

Europarties are most likely unknown organisations even among most activists of their
national member parties. This is not surprising. In European Parliament (EP) elections, the …

At a time when most national parties in Europe are losing members, parties at the European
level, or Europarties, have introduced membership for individuals. This article is the first to …

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 …

Abstract The Treaties of Paris and Rome envisaged the possibility of direct elections to the
European parliamentary assembly from the outset. Since the early 1960s, Members of the …

European Political Parties and Party Finance Reform Page 1 Wouter Wolfs European Political
Parties and Party Finance Reform Funding Democracy? Page 2 European Political Parties and …

Te strengthening of European democracy was a central feature of Ursula von der Leyen's
2019 political guidelines for the new European Commission. Amongst several proposals …

Does Europe's transnational party system contribute to EU democracy? Existing debates on
this issue have conventionally revolved around conflicting assumptions on the feasibility of …

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 …

The legitimisation of European institutions tends to be a primary issue of debate in European
identity politics. Following the expansion of the EU competencies and the growth of …