By John Gaffney
This textbook for comparative classes on ecu politics and for classes at the ecu Union presents a survey of the political events of Europe. It comprises chapters at the major events of the biggest ecu international locations from the Gaullists in France to PASOK in Greece. The case experiences examine events at the start from the household viewpoint after which paintings outwards, analyzing the background of every celebration inside of Europe, its rules, its expertise of and attitudes to Europe and the cultural atmosphere within which it operates. There are basic chapters on Irish political events and Scandinavian political events within the context in their dating with the eu Union, and the ebook additionally comprises comparative chapters which examine particular events - Communist, eco-friendly and extreme-right - around the eu Union. the ultimate component to the publication discusses the significance of political events as determinants of eu integration, targeting trans-national federations and the function of the most teams - Christian Democrat and Socialist - in the eu parliament. An advent situates the chapters inside of an historic, comparative and theoretical framework.
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The political parties therefore will face more challenges the more integration—economic, social or political—proceeds. 49 Nevertheless, political parties have, as we have said, endured; indeed their staying power is one of their chief features. It is no doubt the case that the political parties are undergoing change. Nevertheless, it is possible that this change is being misunderstood because the nature of political parties has itself been misunderstood. 50 It is arguable, however, with the rise of the media and the spread of a more diffuse political culture, that the mass party essentially needs not activists in order to survive, but professionals.
Strictly speaking, the Community still exists within the Union, but just as EC replaced EEC as the accepted term, so the EU replaced the EC. The European Commission put it like this: Transformation of the Community into a European Union does have political significance. It reflects the wider dimensions of the new Treaty. The Union is founded on the European Communities, but also reflects the desire of the member states to establish a political union, creating Union citizenship and extending the Community’s activities into new fields such as foreign and security policy, defence, judicial and home affairs.
We said above that there was something idealistic about trying to organize the European Parliament along ideological lines. This is because of the EP’s institutional weakness, rather than because this does not reflect a European reality. Potentially, the ideological organization of the EP is of great significance, and is not only about Introduction 17 how the present should be reflected politically at the European level, but how the future might be enacted institutionally and politically. It is conceivable to imagine Europe in this way, particularly as regards policy elaboration and the organizational conduct of political elites.
