Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/256538 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comment No. 50/2018
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
For a long time, the elections to the European Parliament (EP) were considered second-order elections with little political significance. But for the elections coming in 2019, they are turning into a decisive vote on the future of the European Union (EU) - not only because the EP has gained in importance, but especially because the European party system is undergoing fundamental change. Whereas established parties are losing support, right-wing populist and EU-sceptical parties have been growing across Europe. At the same time, there are increased efforts to unite the traditionally frag­mented EU-sceptical forces into a collective movement. Even though there is no dras­tic increase expected in the number of EU-sceptical Members of European Parliament (MEPs) in the next parliamentary term, a reorganisation of the EU-sceptical spectrum could be the prelude to drastic changes in the political structure of the EU.
Document Type: 
Research Report

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