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The different twins

Italian Political Science, 2018
According to several scholars, the politicization of issues connected to immigration and the European Union (EU) has generated a new cleavage that now structures political competition in Western Europe.
Stella Gianfreda, Benedetta Carlotti
doaj  

When the Local is Illiberal: Local Welfare Chauvinism and the Populist Radical Right

Government and Opposition
This article contributes to the ongoing debate on populist radical-right parties in power and illiberalism, focusing on the Italian League and its welfare chauvinist agenda. It consists of ethnographic research conducted in a medium-sized city located in
Elisa Bellè
doaj   +1 more source

Towards a Consultative Union? Unpacking Parliamentary Stances on Citizen Participation in EU Policy‐Making

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent developments within the European Union (EU) reveal a notable ‘citizen turn’ marked by initiatives aimed at enhancing citizen engagement with EU institutions through deliberative mechanisms. Whilst existing scholarship has extensively examined political elites' perceptions of these participatory tools at the national level, the policy ...
Karolina Borońska‐Hryniewiecka, Jan Kotýnek Krotký   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Discriminated and Violent? The Social Representations of Minorities in the Rise of Radical Right Populist Parties in Portugal and Italy

Social Sciences
The rise of radical right-wing parties in Europe brings new dynamics and challenges to western liberal democratic models, particularly in how these parties construct narratives around minorities, often framing them as threats to national identity and ...
Sofia Rebelo, Manuel João Cruz, Cristiano Gianolla, Luciana Sotero, Lisete Mónico   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reconfiguring European Union Migration Governance: From Technocratic Policy Harmonisation to Transactional Diplomacy Under the 2024 Pact on Migration and Asylum

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the structural transformation in European Union (EU) migration governance following the adoption of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum of 2024. The negotiation introduced a new layer of decision‐making that augmented the existing technocratic co‐ordination within the Justice and Home Affairs networks with high‐level ...
Midori Okabe
wiley   +1 more source

The EU's Digital Services Act: Not Walking the Talk

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Is the European Union's (EU's) Digital Services Act (DSA) a bold reform of platform governance that needs to be scaled back? The EU's reputation for prioritising citizens' rights over companies' and market freedoms seems to suggest so. Recent criticism of EU digital policy from the United States is further fuelling this perception. However, an
Gerda Falkner
wiley   +1 more source

Newness as a winning formula for new political Parties [PDF]

, 2012
Previous studies on new political parties have assumed that they either represent new or ignored cleavages or issues, or emerge in order to cleanse an ideology deficiently represented by an existing party.
Sikk, A.
core  

Polity Building Outside‐In: The Impact of Threat and Economic Vulnerability on Demand‐Side Support for EU Defence Centralisation

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Most classical theories of European integration look at internal mechanisms of polity formation (e.g., spillovers between policies for functionalism, increasing returns for institutionalism, public opinion for postfunctionalism, etc.). However, external mechanisms of polity formation are not as central in European integration theories except ...
Alexandru D. Moise, Ioana‐Elena Oana, Zbigniew Truchlewski   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The European Parliament in 2025: Party Politics and the New Cordon Sanitaire

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The 10th session of the European Parliament (EP) (2024–2029) has seen the EP enter unchartered territory with both the third and fourth largest political groups in the Hemicycle representing Eurosceptic positions. Pro‐European factions considered most reliable for sustaining coalitions such as Renew Europe (RE), Greens/European Free Alliance ...
Martin Steven
wiley   +1 more source

Government Formation in the European Union: Parliamentary Confirmation Hearings

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The confirmation hearings of Commissioner‐designates in the European Parliament provide a unique opportunity to study the balance of power between the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament, as well as the role of party politics and overlapping loyalties in the European Union's multilevel system of governance.
Daniel Finke
wiley   +1 more source