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Parties at the European Level and the Legitimacy of EU Socio‐Economic Policy

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Article 138A of the Treaty on European Union envisages ‘parties at the European level’ as integrators in the EU system. However, this conception is unrealistic. Firstly, the relationship between parties and legitimacy in advanced democracies has fundamentally changed. And, secondly, transnational parties are limited by the EU institutional structure and the dominance of national‐territorial interests in EU politics. Accepting these constraints, however, the transnational party federations have begun to focus only on socio‐economic issues, and to compete over the setting of the medium‐term agenda on these questions in the European Council.

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  • Simon Hix, 1995. "Parties at the European Level and the Legitimacy of EU Socio‐Economic Policy," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(4), pages 527-554, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:33:y:1995:i:4:p:527-554
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.1995.tb00549.x
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    1. Mathieu Vieira, 2011. "Does a European Party System Exist ?A Conceptual Framework for Analysis," CEVIPOL Working Papers 1, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    2. Erol Külahci, 2010. "Europarties: Agenda‐Setter or Agenda‐Follower? Social Democracy and the Disincentives for Tax Harmonization," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 48(5), pages 1283-1306, November.
    3. Nenad Stojanović & Matteo Bonotti, 2020. "Political Parties in Deeply Multilingual Polities: Institutional Conditions and Lessons for the EU," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 58(3), pages 599-615, May.
    4. repec:bla:jcmkts:v:48:y:2010:i::p:1283-1306 is not listed on IDEAS
    5. Mathieu Vieira, 2011. "Does a European Party System Exist ?A Conceptual Framework for Analysis," Cahiers du CEVIPOL/Brussels Working papers 131399, Centre d'étude de la vie politique (CEVIPOL) of the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

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