This article undertakes an actor-centred case study of the European Parliament's (EP)
reaction to the politicisation of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the …

What explains when Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) defect from their EP party
group? While previous research has focused on the policy distance between an MEP's …

How does ideological congruency affect the speed of legislative decision-making in the
European Union? Despite the crucial importance of actor preferences, the effect of partisan …

At a time when most national parties in Europe are losing members, parties at the European
level, or Europarties, have introduced membership for individuals. This article is the first to …

Irrespective of the growing importance of supranational governance, little attention has been
paid to political parties that operate at this level and that often serve as bridges linking them …

Abstract Transnational European party federations—'Europarties'—are an overlooked actor
of EU external relations despite their strong footprint outside the EU. This article discusses …

This article explores the conditions for Europarty influence. Europarties can be expected to
matter when they are in numerical ascendance, relatively cohesive and able to mobilize …

Even though the body of academic literature on political parties at the European level–so-
called Europarties–has been steadily growing over time, they still remain a niche topic in …

Europarties are at the centre of the potential democratisation of European governance and
their development is key to supranational representation. The authors will address the more …

How do political parties arrive at their policy positions? We conceptualize position formation
in federalist countries as an intra-party bargaining process in which subnational parties …