European Elections: Past and Future

Datum: 
Freitag, 17. Juni 2016
Medium: 
European Parliamentary Research Service Blog

"(...) Professor Hermann Schmitt, Professor in Electoral Politics at the Universities of Manchester and Mannheim, highlighted the work of the European Elections Studies Survey and its work since the first direct European elections in 1979. He highlighted the analysis of democracy at the European level including the study of party manifestos, media and social media. (...)

Dr Sebastian Popa research fellow of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), underlined voting for Eurosceptic parties on the left and on the right is fuelled by different concerns. Anti-immigration attitudes only fuel the vote for right-wing Eurosceptic parties. Euro scepticism motivates the vote for both variants of Eurosceptic parties, left and right, but voting for left-wing Eurosceptic parties is driven by criticism about the current EU Vote, for right-wing Eurosceptic parties it is driven by opposition to EU integration altogether. Poor socio-economic conditions and negative government evaluations fuel the vote for left-wing Eurosceptic parties.

Jacques Nancy, Head of the Public Opinion Monitoring Unit, European Parliament DG Communication, highlighted the cooperation with Professor Schmitt analysing the European elections allowing for broader conclusions and recommendations.(...)"

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