Bei der Wahl zum Europäischen Parlament am 25. Mai 2014 treten die Parteien zum ersten Mal mit Spitzenkandidaten an … verbessern und zugleich die EU-Bürger zu zahlreicher Stimmabgabe motivieren. Ob dies wirklich gelingen kann und welche …The EU suffers from a democratic deficit that arises not first and foremost from a lack of institutional competencies …

adverse effect on the election of female MEPs, primarily because fewer women headed the regional party lists. Party …

comprehensive, multi-country examination of the effects of terror attacks on political opinions and election outcomes. The results …

Commission President, who are to lead an EU-wide campaign, with the objective of increasing citizens' interest in the elections … Commission might all limit the impact of this new initiative on voter turnout and undermine EU democratic legitimacy. The …

are there such big differences between and within the EU member countries? This paper investigates these problems by … analyzing the last four EP elections in the EU-13, for 156 regions. We first study the spatial features of turnout and …