Political Parties in the European Union

by Simon Hix, Christopher Lord

Politics in the European Union is party politics. Almost all members of the Council, the Commission and European Parliament are leading party politicians who have spent most of their careers in party bureaucracies, are chosen within parties and accountable to party leaderships. Moreover, as in domestic politics, competition between party elites for political office and public policy outcomes is an essential feature of EU politics.

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997