CIDOB Monographs nº 88
The politicisation of European affairs, and the steady rise of clashing views on them, is a growing and irrepressible phenomenon. In this context, the outcome of the elections to the European Parliament will determine the future of the legislative process on many issues: the green agenda, European Union’s future enlargement, the defence policy, the debate over the EU’s own resources. Legislative progress will depend on the majorities that form in the new parliament, and on the nature and composition of the new European Commission. The first step in defining the new majorities in the EU will be decided at the polls from June 6 to 9, 2024.
Introduction: increasingly europeanised elections
Pol Morillas
SECTION I. THE IMPACT OF THE ELECTIONS ON THE POLITICAL AGENDA
After the elections: more or less Europe?
Héctor Sánchez Margalef
Will the European Parliament elections have an impact on the EU’s enlargement agenda?
Ilke Toygür and Luis de Lossada i Gallart
Migration, elections and the European Union of tomorrow
Francesco Pasetti
Dark clouds on the horizon: the uncertain future of the EU’s green agenda
Ana García Juanatey and Andrea Noferini
Elections under suspicion: the constant threat of disinformation
Carme Colomina
The geography of anti-Europeanism
Marta Galceran-Vercher and Agustí Fernández de Losada
The European elections and the EU’s future economic capacity
Víctor Burguete
Defence as a core pillar of European integration
Daniel Fiott
Is the European Union young?
Javier Carbonell
SECTION II: EUROPE IN CAMPAIGN: A GEOGRAPHICAL TOUR
Germany: A more polarised, politicised, but also potentially more national-focused election campaign
Max Becker and Nicolai von Ondarza
France: A triumphant radical-right with mixed implications for France’s European role
Georgina Wright
Turning right: Italy’s political landscape and EU elections
Matteo Bonomi and Nicoletta Pirozzi
Spain’s European election: national no matter what?
Raquel García Llorente and Héctor Sánchez Margalef
Poland: between Euroscepticism in reformist guise and tempered Euro-enthusiasm
Melchior Szczepanik and Tomasz Zając
Belgium: “the third election”
Benjamin Bodson and Ward Den Dooven
Anticipating the Czech European Parliament elections: ambiguous EU attitudes, sovereignty, scepticism on green policies and referendum on the government
Jan Kovář and Liljana Cvetanoska
Hungary: derailed election campaign brings back national politics and overshadows anti-Brussels messages
Bulcsú Hunyadi and Rudolf Berkes
Austria: a shift to the right as a prelude to the parliamentary elections in September
Alexandra Bernhard and Stefan Schaller
Finland: focus on new national candidates
Manuel Müller
Ireland: Still pro-EU but agriculture and migration feature prominently in the campaign
Barry Colfer
Estonia repeats the 2019 election
Merili Arjakas
ISBN: 978-84-18977-22-0
