There is Not Much Euro-Sceptic Non-Voting in European Parliament Elections

Opposing Europe?
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pp. 208-237
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Oxford
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Oxford University Press
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2008,

Aleks Szczerbiak, Paul Taggart,
Schmitt, Hermann, Cees van der Eijk
ISBN: 978-0-19-925835-2

The chapter analyses the factors that contribute to the high level of non-voting in European Parliament elections. Based on an indepth analysis of the findings of the 1999 European Elections Study, it arrives at the conclusion that abstentions generally must not be understood as an indication of Euro-Scepticism, but rather as a lack of political mobilisation and excitement.