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What voting patterns in the European Parliament say about UK political parties’ stance on Europe

Thillaye, Renaud (2014) What voting patterns in the European Parliament say about UK political parties’ stance on Europe. British Politics and Policy at LSE (14 May 2014). Website.

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Abstract

Renaud Thillaye analyses how British MEPs voted during the 2009-14 European Parliament. He finds that each of the four parties (Conservatives, LibDems, Labour and UKIP) had a distinctive attitude in the European Parliament and varying degrees of success. The LibDems are reliable partners, Labour’s attitude has been more intricate and ambiguous, the Conservatives can be seen as reluctant, and UKIP, unsurprisingly, stands out as ‘dismissive’. The analysis confirms the difficulty for political parties of reconciling engagement at EU level and domestic politics.

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy
Additional Information: © 2014 The Author(s) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General)
J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited: 24 Apr 2017 13:48
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 19:32
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/74271

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