The European Ambition: The Group of the European People’s Party and European Integration

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

Edition: 1/2020
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
Wolfram Kaiser
1. Shaping European integration: transnational party cooperation after 1945 No access Wolfram Kaiser
2. Italo-German dominance: composition and governance No access Wolfram Kaiser
3. Forging alliances: co-operation and competition with other political groups No access Wolfram Kaiser
4. Federalist vocation: deepening European integration No access Wolfram Kaiser
5. Farmers, markets, and new challenges: policy-making in the Communities No access Wolfram Kaiser
6. Conclusion No access Wolfram Kaiser
Karl Magnus Johansson
1. Introduction No access Karl Magnus Johansson
2. The EPP Group and the Single European Act (1986) No access Karl Magnus Johansson
3. The EPP Group and the Treaty of Maastricht (1992) No access Karl Magnus Johansson
4. The EPP Group and the Amsterdam Treaty (1997) No access Karl Magnus Johansson
5. The EPP Group and the Nice Treaty (2001) No access Karl Magnus Johansson
6. The EPP Group and the Constitutional Treaty (2004) No access Karl Magnus Johansson
7. The EPP Group and the Lisbon Treaty (2007) No access Karl Magnus Johansson
8. Conclusion No access Karl Magnus Johansson
Carine Germond
1. Introduction No access Carine Germond
2. Carine Germond
  1. Agricultural policy No access Carine Germond
  2. Economic and Monetary Union No access Carine Germond
  3. Social policy No access Carine Germond
  4. Environmental policy No access Carine Germond
3. Carine Germond
  1. Agricultural policy No access Carine Germond
  2. Economic and Monetary Union No access Carine Germond
  3. Social policy No access Carine Germond
  4. Environmental policy No access Carine Germond
4. The EPP Group in the EP’s committees No access Carine Germond
5. The EPP Group and the CAP No access Carine Germond
6. The EPP Group and Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) No access Carine Germond
7. The EPP Group and social policy No access Carine Germond
8. The EPP Group and environmental policy No access Carine Germond
9. Conclusion No access Carine Germond
10. APPENDIX No access Carine Germond
Wojciech Gagatek
1. The role of the European Parliament in EU external relations No access Wojciech Gagatek
2. Developments in EU external relations since 2004: an overview No access Wojciech Gagatek
3. The process of formulating EPP Group positions in EU external relations No access Wojciech Gagatek
4. Wojciech Gagatek
  1. National party leadership No access Wojciech Gagatek
  2. MEP survey data No access Wojciech Gagatek
  3. Roll-call analysis No access Wojciech Gagatek
5. Wojciech Gagatek
  1. Foreign policy No access Wojciech Gagatek
  2. Development policy No access Wojciech Gagatek
  3. Human rights No access Wojciech Gagatek
  4. Trade policy No access Wojciech Gagatek
6. Wojciech Gagatek
  1. Turkish membership in the EU No access Wojciech Gagatek
7. Conclusion No access Wojciech Gagatek
Luciano Bardi
1. Introduction No access Luciano Bardi
2. Political parties and political groups at EU level No access Luciano Bardi
3. EP elections (1979–2019) and the evolution of the EPP Group No access Luciano Bardi
4. The EPP Group in the European party system No access Luciano Bardi
5. The EPP Group’s organisational strength and institutional relevance No access Luciano Bardi
6. The EPP Group’s internal organisational structuring and inter-delegation balance No access Luciano Bardi
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 Luciano Bardi
8. The EPP Group’s role in the EP’s relations with the Commission and the Council No access Luciano Bardi
9. Conclusion No access Luciano Bardi
10. APPENDIX No access Luciano Bardi
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