Η Ευρώπη φοβάται την Ευρώπη; = Is Europe afraid of Europe? : μια αποτίμηση του αποτελέσματος των ευρωεκλογών του 2014 = an assessment of the result of the 2014 European elections / Κώστας Υφαντής (επιμ.) = Kostas Ifantis (ed.)

Contributor(s):

Ifantis, Kostas

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: Greek, Modern (1453- ) Publication details: Athens : Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy, 2014.Description: 275 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9786188166608

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DDC classification:

324.9405611

Contents:

Crisis and recovery in Europe/ Rodi Kratsa -- The end of the European avant garde?/ Kostas Ifantis -- Political representation in the EU and the future of stateness: European elections at a crossroads/ Kostas A. Lavdas -- The European Parliament in a multilevel representation system: its role in old and new legitimacy issues/ Manos G. Papazoglou -- The vote of 2014 Euroelections as a case of retrospective economic vote/ Maria Mendrinou -- The 2014 European Parliament election in Great Britain/ Simon Massey -- The Le Pen phenomenon: the disintegration of French politics, paradoxical intensity of the European crisis and right-wing national populism/ Panayis Panagiotopoulos -- All change, but no change? Ireland and the European elections of 2014/ Eoin Drea -- Far-right euroscepticism in the 2014 European Parliament Elections/ Sofia Vasilopoulou -- Far-left euroscepticism in the 2014 European Parliament elections: a cross-Europe comparison/ Daphne Halikiopoulou -- "Here to Stay"? Golden Dawn, from the political margin to the political foreground/ Antonis Klapsis -- European Parliament elections: pride and prejudice/ Marianna Pirgioti.

Summary: "We are coming and the day is nigh when all your EU institutions will be plain dead", declared Nigel Farage in the new European Parliament. Despite the statement's rhetorical excessiveness and the fact that pro-European forces remain the majority, there is a visible minority at the national and European levels that obviously does not represent fringe and eccentric political forces but an intense sentiment expressed by a significant number of European citizens. Have we arrived at a point where Europe is afraid of Europe? The 2014 European Parliament elections suggest this is not the case. The results do not refute the European Union but in fact reaffirm its strength and its citizens' forbearance in keeping the edifice intact. The EU remains something "valuable" and to preserve it, Europe's citizens conceded to sacrifice much more than before. The challenge, however, is to ensure that this faith is not to be belied." -- Provided by the publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book - 7-day loan	CYA Library Main Collection	324.9405611 ISE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000009057

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"We are coming and the day is nigh when all your EU institutions will be plain dead", declared Nigel Farage in the new European Parliament. Despite the statement's rhetorical excessiveness and the fact that pro-European forces remain the majority, there is a visible minority at the national and European levels that obviously does not represent fringe and eccentric political forces but an intense sentiment expressed by a significant number of European citizens. Have we arrived at a point where Europe is afraid of Europe? The 2014 European Parliament elections suggest this is not the case. The results do not refute the European Union but in fact reaffirm its strength and its citizens' forbearance in keeping the edifice intact. The EU remains something "valuable" and to preserve it, Europe's citizens conceded to sacrifice much more than before. The challenge, however, is to ensure that this faith is not to be belied." -- Provided by the publisher.

Text in Greek and English.