Abstract
This chapter aims to explain the results of the 2014 EP elections in Portugal, focusing on Euro-sceptic and mostly anti-European parties’ positions. Our results show that in Portugal, unlike in other member states, there is no significant political party that is completely against European integration. Surprisingly, the economic crisis and how the European institutions managed the response to the key European problems, like the debt burden, unemployment or immigration, as well as the Portuguese government’s responses, did not have a significant impact on the voting in Portugal and the electoral results were in fact very similar to those of 2009 concerning the distribution of the vote for the main right and left wing political parties.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | European Integration and New Anti-Europeanism |
Subtitle of host publication | The 2014 European Election and New Anti-European Forces in Southern, Northern and Eastern Europe, |
Editors | Patrick Moreau , Birte Wassenberg |
Place of Publication | Estugarda |
Publisher | Franz Steiner Verlag |
Pages | 67-77 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Volume | 2 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-515-11455-4 |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- Integração europeia
- Eleições Parlamento europeu
- Portugal