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A flavour of indirect elections to the European parliament. Egmont Commentary, 1 April 2014

Bosch, Xavier Vanden (2014) A flavour of indirect elections to the European parliament. Egmont Commentary, 1 April 2014. [Policy Paper]

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    Abstract

    In this commentary, Xavier Vanden Bosch shows that European elections in the French-speaking part of Belgium have a flavour of indirect voting. Political stakes are low for political parties, and voters have little say in the choice of their candidates to the European Parliament. Rather than overtly focusing on individual electoral rules governing the European elections, a solution could come from the introduction of a European constituency. This would stimulate a truly European debate, raise the stakes and offer a wider choice of candidates for citizens.

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: Countries > Belgium
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > political affairs > European elections/voting behavior
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Egmont : Royal Institute for International Affairs > Commentaries
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: French
    Date Deposited: 05 Feb 2018 15:53
    Number of Pages: 1
    Last Modified: 05 Feb 2018 15:53
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/93003

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