The European Ambition

Prof. Luciano Bardi; Prof. Dr. Wojciech Gagatek; Prof. Carine Germond; Prof. Karl Magnus Johansson; Prof. Wolfram Kaiser; Dr. Silvia Sassano

doi:10.5771/9783748908715

Summary

This book traces the EPP Group’s institutional, organisational and political trajectory in the European Parliament, focusing on the period after the first direct elections in 1979. In doing so, it sheds light on the functioning of parliamentary party groups, while at the same time creating the conditions for a better understanding of their role in the process of European integration and in the EU’s political system.

Based on the conceptual framework of different disciplines—history, political science, European studies and political sociology—this book is the outcome of a research project involving scholars with diverse academic backgrounds and from different EU countries.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-6767-0
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-0871-5
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 379
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 6
Preface No access Pages 7 - 10
Introduction No access Pages 11 - 22
1. Shaping European integration: transnational party cooperation after 1945 No access
2. Italo-German dominance: composition and governance No access
3. Forging alliances: co-operation and competition with other political groups No access
4. Federalist vocation: deepening European integration No access
5. Farmers, markets, and new challenges: policy-making in the Communities No access
6. Conclusion No access
1. Introduction No access
2. The EPP Group and the Single European Act (1986) No access
3. The EPP Group and the Treaty of Maastricht (1992) No access
4. The EPP Group and the Amsterdam Treaty (1997) No access
5. The EPP Group and the Nice Treaty (2001) No access
6. The EPP Group and the Constitutional Treaty (2004) No access
7. The EPP Group and the Lisbon Treaty (2007) No access
8. Conclusion No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. Agricultural policy No access
  2. Economic and Monetary Union No access
  3. Social policy No access
  4. Environmental policy No access
3. 1. Agricultural policy No access
  2. Economic and Monetary Union No access
  3. Social policy No access
  4. Environmental policy No access
4. The EPP Group in the EP’s committees No access
5. The EPP Group and the CAP No access
6. The EPP Group and Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) No access
7. The EPP Group and social policy No access
8. The EPP Group and environmental policy No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. APPENDIX No access
1. The role of the European Parliament in EU external relations No access
2. Developments in EU external relations since 2004: an overview No access
3. The process of formulating EPP Group positions in EU external relations No access
4. 1. National party leadership No access
  2. MEP survey data No access
  3. Roll-call analysis No access
5. 1. Foreign policy No access
  2. Development policy No access
  3. Human rights No access
  4. Trade policy No access
6. 1. Turkish membership in the EU No access
7. Conclusion No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Political parties and political groups at EU level No access
3. EP elections (1979–2019) and the evolution of the EPP Group No access
4. The EPP Group in the European party system No access
5. The EPP Group’s organisational strength and institutional relevance No access
6. The EPP Group’s internal organisational structuring and inter-delegation balance No access
7. The EPP Group’s role in the progress and development of the European party system and of political foundations at European level No access
8. The EPP Group’s role in the EP’s relations with the Commission and the Council No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. APPENDIX No access
The Authors No access Pages 335 - 336
1. List of Abbreviations No access
2. List of Archives No access
3. List of Interviews No access
4. Bibliography No access
Index of Names No access Pages 375 - 379