2019 European Elections

Radu Carp, Ph.D., is Professor at the University of Bucharest, where he teaches Comparative Constitutional Law and European Governance. His most recent book is Does Politics Still Have a Meaning? The Instruments of Democracy and the Burden of Populism (in Romanian, Humanitas, 2018). Cristina Matiuța, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Oradea, Romania. Her latest book is entitled: Who I’m voting For? Dynamics of the Party System in Romania: 1990-2018 (in Romanian, European Institute, 2018).

 List of Figures, Tables and Maps

 Notes on Contributors

 Introduction

 Radu Carp and Cristina Matiuța



Part 1: Stability, Change and Challenges for the EU Party System

 1Answers and Dilemmas Following the 2019 European Elections

 Valentin Naumescu

 2The Demise of the Spitzenkandidaten System: decline of EU Democratization or (Euro)party Process of Adaptation?

 Alexandra Alina Iancu

 3Electoral Engineering for a European Demos: building European Identity through Elections

 Ruxandra Ivan

 4Towards a More Democratic European Union: how to Use the Elections for the European Parliament to Create a True Pan-European Constituency? Old Debates, New Challenges

 Mihai Sebe

 5The Citizens’ Perceptions ahead of the 2019 European Parliament Vote – The Accuracy of the Eurobarometer Democracy and Elections

 Radu Carp

 6The Exploitation for Populist Purposes of Difficulties in the EU – An Important Problem of the EU

 Sorin Bocancea



Part 2: Case Studies

 7Back on Track: the French Far Right’s (Narrow) Win in the 2019 European Elections

 Sergiu Mișcoiu

 8Europe Up for Grabs: an Italian Perspective

 Gianluca Piccolino, Leonardo Puleo and Sorina Soare

 9European Parliamentary Elections in Austria “Gone Ibiza”

 Tobias Spöri and Jeremias Stadlmair

 10A Dress Rehearsal: european Elections in Poland before the Parliamentary Race

 Piotr Sula and Małgorzata Madej

 11The 2019 European Parliament Elections in Hungary

 József Dúró and Dóra Bókay

 12Rise of Euroscepticism in Slovak Political Parties before Election to European Parliament: case of Rise of Extremism in Slovak Society

 Jaroslav Ušiak and Petra Jankovská

 13Ambiguity towards the EU as a Destiny of Czech Politics: the Case of the ANO Movement

 Jan Bíba, Tomáš Dvořák and Martin Štefek

 14The European Elections Campaign in Romania: between Contesting and Embracing the EU

 Cristina Matiuța

 15A Pattern of European Parliament Elections in Romania (2007–2019)

 Alexandru Radu

 Conclusions

 Radu Carp and Cristina Matiuța

 Index