party supply sets
european parliament elections 2004 in the ten new eu member states towards the future european party system
it is a premise of this book that european integration and eu politics will become more and more politicised . political parties will therefore play a more important role in eu governance . the book envisages the european party system after enlargement with political parties from the ten new eu member states as new participants and actors in the party arena of the eu . the ten country chapters authors are experts most of them from the respective country deal with the attitudes and activities of political parties towards european integration and the eu focussing on referendums on eu membership and on the 2004 european elections and with the affiliations of these parties to the party groups in the european parliament and the party organizations at european level . the annex informs on parties in the ten new eu member states on the composition of the political groups in the ep and on the results of the referendums on eu membership and the ep elections in the respective countries .