National versus European: Party Control over Members of the European Parliament

Mühlböck, Monika

doi:10.1080/01402382.2012.665743

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“…Normatively, it is good news for the chains of delegation and accountability at EU level, in that the positions advertised by national parties in the EP election manifestos account to a large extent on how the MEPs vote on two of the most salient directives in the area of freedom, security and justice. Nevertheless, the high level of programmatic responsiveness observed may be partly due to greater media attention to these directives (Mühlböck, ) and consequently more interest on the part of voters. Indeed, future studies could explore how national media coverage and public opinion on surveillance and terrorism affect the behaviour of MEPs.…”

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Liberty: Security dilemmas and party cohesion in the European Parliament

Chiru

Stoian²

2019

J of Common Market Studies

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The European Parliament is an increasingly central actor in attempts to regulate surveillance and find the balance between safeguarding personal freedoms and ensuring EU citizens' security. However, virtually nothing is known about what drives the positions of MEPs on this issue, or about how the cohesion of European parties is affected by these attempts. We explore this subject and propose a novel theoretical framework focusing on the interplay between the characteristics of the two principals of the MEPs -European party groups and national parties. We tested the model by analysing the votes held on the two most salient directives adopted in this field. The findings indicate that national parties' ideological positions, and the differences between them and the European parties in the salience assigned to human rights and law and order, predict to a great extent both MEP votes on the directives and dissent from the European party line.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Liberty: Security dilemmas and party cohesion in the European Parliament

Chiru

Stoian²

2019

J of Common Market Studies

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“…Thus, when it comes to the selection of leaders, the Europarties' individual members are less influential than many national party members. It should also be noted here that the Europarties' individual members do not have the power to select candidates for the European Parliamentary elections; these continue to be selected by national parties (Mühlböck 2012).…”

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United in diversity? Europarties and their individual members’ rights

Hertner

2018

Journal of European Integration

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“…Second, European‐level decisions are rarely a priority to national political parties since voter awareness of decision making in the EP is low. However, on occasions when EU‐level decisions receive media attention, it would be costly for national parties to have MEPs that defect from the party line (Mühlböck, ), since this would signal to voters a lack of policy unity within the party. This could hurt the party's vote share in the next election cycle.…”

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It is all about value: How domestic party brands influence voting patterns in the European Parliament

Meyerrose

2017

Governance

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Research on the European Parliament finds legislative voting patterns remained constant following the Eastern enlargement of the European Union. This article shows that Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from these new member states are actually more likely to vote along European party lines. Given that these MEPs often come from less institutionalized domestic party systems that lack norms of legislative discipline, we should expect them to exhibit more erratic voting behavior than MEPs from mature systems. Why would stronger party discipline at the European level be associated with more volatile and fragmented domestic party systems? This article argues MEPs from less institutionalized systems rely more on the brand of their European party, which provides better information and career opportunities than their parties at home, and thus are more likely to vote along European party lines. I find support for this theory using data from the sixth European Parliament (2004–2009).

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National versus European: Party Control over Members of the European Parliament

Cited by 46 publications

References 34 publications

Liberty: Security dilemmas and party cohesion in the European Parliament

Liberty: Security dilemmas and party cohesion in the European Parliament

United in diversity? Europarties and their individual members’ rights

It is all about value: How domestic party brands influence voting patterns in the European Parliament

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