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The 2009 Elections to the European Parliament The 2009 Elections to the European Parliament Edited by Juliet Lodge Co-Director, Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence, University of Leeds, UK Editorial matter, selection and introduction © Juliet Lodge 2010 All remaining material © respective authors 2010 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2010 978-0-230-23040-8 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2010 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-31141-5 ISBN 978-0-230-29727-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230297272 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The 2009 elections to the European Parliament / edited by Juliet Lodge. p. cm.—(EU election studies) 1. European Parliament—Elections, 2009. 2. Elections—European Union countries. 3. European Union. 4. European Union countries—Politics and government—21st century. I. Lodge, Juliet. JN45.T86 2010 324.94(cid:2)0561—dc22 2010023978 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 For future voters and especially for Keri-Michèle, David, Chris and Kerissa, Tom, Hannah and Laura, Kevin, Lisa, Claire, Sophie, Jade, Jamie and Eloise, Markus and Anna, Ben, Honzik, Alex, Carl and Dylan, Karl George, Anna S, Pieti and Ruut, Juan Carlos, Noah, Ioannis, Tuva and Hedda, Hannah and Lotte, Kritonas and Daphne, Jonathan and Nichola, Ju and Dan, Ralitza, Snezhka and Arnold Pap Contents List of Tables x List of Figures xii Preface xiii Notes on Contributors xiv List of Abbreviations xx Part I Introduction 1 The European Parliament 2004–2009 3 Richard Corbett 2 Irrelevant and Obsolete? The European Parliament and Voters in Perspective 13 Juliet Lodge 3 The 2009 European Parliamentary Elections and the Party Groups 30 Simon Lightfoot Part II Country Case Reviews 4 Austria 45 Daniel Nagel 5 Belgium 52 Arnout Justaert 6 Bulgaria 60 Alina Dobreva 7 Cyprus 68 Christophoros Christophorou 8 Czech Republic 77 Lenka A. Rovná 9 Denmark 86 Jacob Christensen and Flemming Juul Christiansen vii viii Contents 10 Estonia 96 Terry Mayer 11 Finland 104 Tapio Raunio 12 France 114 Philippe Marlière 13 Germany 124 Christian Schweiger 14 Greece 136 Katharine Sarikakis 15 Hungary 143 András L. Pap and Balazs Horvathy 16 Ireland 152 Edward Moxon-Browne 17 Italy 160 Donatella M. Viola 18 Latvia 169 Daunis Auers 19 Lithuania 178 Stefano Braghiroli 20 Luxembourg 188 Derek Hearl 21 Malta 196 Henry Frendo 22 The Netherlands 204 Annemarie Sprokkereef 23 Poland 213 Aleks Szczerbiak 24 Portugal 224 José M. Magone 25 Romania 235 Ed Maxfield 26 Slovakia 243 Lenka A. Rovná 27 Slovenia 252 Alenka Krašovec and Damjan Lajh Contents ix 28 Spain 259 Francisco Seoane Pérez 29 Sweden 269 Malena Rosén Sundström and Anders Sannerstedt 30 The United Kingdom 279 Damian Mather Part III Conclusion 31 Framing and Salience of Issues in the 2009 European Elections 293 Francisco Seoane Pérez and Juliet Lodge Appendix: Results 304 Index 307
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