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The European Parliament elections show the increasingly fragmented nature of European party systems
EUROPP
(2014)
Abstract
Most coverage of the European Parliament elections has noted the rise of several far-right and Eurosceptic parties across Europe. Cas Mudde argues, however, that a more important trend was toward increasingly fragmented party systems. Presenting a series of numbers from the elections, he illustrates that ‘big parties’ are experiencing declining vote shares, with a greater number of smaller parties now competing for power in many EU countries.
Keywords
- European elections,
- Euroskepticism
Disciplines
Publication Date
June 12, 2014
Citation Information
Cas Mudde. "The European Parliament elections show the increasingly fragmented nature of European party systems" EUROPP (2014) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/cas_mudde/80/