The Czech Republic 2014 European Parliament Election: Voters Gone Out, New Parties In

• Autorzy: Petr Kaniok
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This article describes and evaluates 2014 Czech European Parliament (EP) election. Starting with the context of the election, it goes through all relevant party actors participating in the election and introduces them both in general ideological terms as well as in relation towards the European integration. After results of election are discussed, the article concludes that 2014 EP election confirmed recent changes in the Czech party system - inter alia destabilization of the system as a whole, reconfiguration on its right wing and emergence of populism. Concerning the European message of the election, their results confirmed their second-order character.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

PL

System partyjny; Wybory parlamentarne

EN

Party system; Parliamentary election

• Czasopismo: Political Preferences
• Rocznik: 2014
• Numer: nr 9
• Strony: 7-20

Twórcy

autor

Petr Kaniok

• Masaryk University, Czech Republic

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