Government coalitions and Eurosceptic voting in the 2014 European Parliament elections
Camatarri, Stefano (Université Catholique de Louvain)
Zucchini, Francesco (University of Milan)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. SGR - Transnational Relations, Democratization and Migration

Date:	2019
Description:	27 pàg.
Abstract:	The 2014 European elections were characterized in many countries by growing support for Eurosceptic parties. This growth was not uniform and not clearly associated with the economic performance of these member states. In this article, we investigate the role played in the 2014 European Parliament elections by a country-specific factor - the composition of government coalitions - different from economic performance. In particular, we argue that in those countries where moderately Eurosceptic parties were more involved in the government, citizens with negative attitudes toward the European Union were more likely to vote for highly Eurosceptic parties. This was especially the case when the governments also included strongly pro-EU parties. The empirical analysis, which is based upon the 2014 European Election Voter Study, the Chapel Hill Expert Survey, and the Parliaments and Governments database, confirms our hypotheses.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió sotmesa a revisió
Subject:	European Parliament elections ; Eurosceptic parties ; Government coalitions ; Veto players ; Voting Behavior
Published in:	European Union Politics, Vol. 20 Núm. 3 (2019) , ISSN 1741-2757

DOI: 10.1177/1465116519851566

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