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Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
European Union Democracy Observatory (EUDO)
TOWARDS A TRANS-NATIONAL
PARTY SYSTEM
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Prof. Luciano Bardi
Prof. Peter Mair
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EUDO Dissemination Conference
Brussels, 18-19 November 2010
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Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
European Union Democracy Observatory (EUDO)
Research on Transnational Party System
• In November 2009, OPPR was awarded a tenderfrom the European Parliament’s ConstitutionalAffairs Committee, to produce a report on the
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“Development of a Transnational Party System inEurope”.
• The report, submitted in August and published by
the EP in October, analyses the factors that couldaffect the development of a full-fledged partysystem at EU level
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The Report
• The reportis composed of 4 parts, each one
addressing a structural feature of the EU party
system:
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1. Homogeneity in ideological positioning
2. Practices of candidates selection
3. Political cultures and party organization4. Convergence in party financing and electoral
laws
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Homogeneity in ideological positioning
• For the prospect of the EU democracy, homogeneous
political groups are crucial in providing the European
voters with a meaningful programmatic supply• “ ”
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is a necessary but not sufficient condition to guarantee
tcoherent political cultures
• The impact of the “Big Bang” enlargement on the
cohesion of the Political Groups has been quite limited;
• The main political Groups have cohesive and well-
detectable positions on left-right policies
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Practices of Candidates Selection
• The lack of uniformity in candidate selection within the
EU party families may constitute an obstacle to effective
trans-nationalisation• -
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selection, the greater the possibility for MEPs to vote in
accordance with their EP party group, rather than with
their national party
• The most common procedures adopted for MEP
candidate selection relies on the role of the party
executive and party conference, with more than 86% of
all the proposals emanating from the national level.
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Political Cultures and Organization
• The wide variety in the numbers of parties at national
level, and the presence of two or more national political
parties within the same EP group can hinder thedevelo ment of a sin le EU art s stem
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• The fact that all the major Europarties are subjected to
the same legal regime may favour the development of a
EU party system;
• The building of a trans-national party system is
conditioned by the differences in political cultures and
by the perception of the EP elections as second-order
contests.
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European Union Democracy Observatory (EUDO)
Party Financing and Electoral Laws
• The proposed transnational constituency could foster
closer party co-operation at EU level, by promoting
genuine transnational campaigning and EU level party
• Preferential voting implemented at EU level could have
a positive impact on the development of the PPELs;
• A strong EU level system of party financing could
promote organisational convergence
• Despite the positive incentives provided by EC Reg.
2004/2003, PPELs remain subordinate to their national
components and the EP Groups9
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Study Conclusions
• The development of transnational parties is a necessary
but not sufficient condition for the development of a
transnational party system;
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for control of executive office
• Given the current institutional setting, the role of PPELs
could be enhanced through activities such as
involvement in the ECI; coordinating parliamentary
responses in the new procedures regarding subsidiarity
violations; proposing and standing by their own
candidates for the Commission presidency.10
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Future research projectsof possible interest:
• The relationship between parties at European level
and parties in privileged partnership countries
• Parties as campaign organizations at national and
European level
• Electoral law(s) impact on MEP turnover
• The impact of electoral law discrepancies on
multi-level party systems
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For further information
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