„Dieses Mal ist es anders“ – oder doch nicht? Eine genderpolitische Analyse der Europawahl 2014 und ihrer Folgen. TAIF Nr, 9/2014 = "This time it's different" - or not? A gender analysis of the 2014 European elections and its consequences. TAIF No. 9/2014

Abels, Gabriele. and Mushaben, Joyce M (2014) „Dieses Mal ist es anders“ – oder doch nicht? Eine genderpolitische Analyse der Europawahl 2014 und ihrer Folgen. TAIF Nr, 9/2014 = "This time it's different" - or not? A gender analysis of the 2014 European elections and its consequences. TAIF No. 9/2014. [Working Paper]

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Abstract

„This time it’s different“ was the slogan launched by the European Commission to mobilize voters for the 2014 European election. This motto referred to the fact that the May 2014 election was the first one based on the Lisbon Treaty, which was enacted in 2009. This treaty endows the European Parliament with greater powers in many ways, amongst other with regard to electing the Commission president. The European Parliament has made extensive use of these rights via a strategy of “Spitzenkandidaten” in the electoral campaign. This paper analyses the 8th election to the European Parliament from a gender perspective. In so doing, it employs the dual concept of representation as “standing for”, i.e. descriptive representation, and “acting for”, i.e. substantive representation. Based on this model we analyze the composition of the European Parliament in greater detail and reflect our findings in the light of long-term trends. In addition, the current process of electing a new European Commission is scrutinized. Based on our findings pertaining to women’s descriptive representation we then consider the options for greater substantive representation of gender issues in the period 2014 to 2019.

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