Is the Governance of Europe's Transnational Party System Contributing to EU Democracy?*
status: published
status: published
Published in Acta Politica
In September 2012, the European Commission called for ‘truly transnational European political parties’ yet it remains unclear if the Europarties have either the desire or the capacity to achieve such a status. Central to this story are two counter positions – realist and idealist – that differ over the extent to which the developmental potential of...