Abstract

CONTI, Nicolò. The radical right ineurope, between slogans and voting behavior. Anál. Social [online]. 2011, n.201, pp.633-652. ISSN 0003-2573.

The article analyzes the radical right’s attitudes toward the EU focusing in particular on the level of congruence between the programmatic statements of their central offices and the voting behavior of their MEPs. It shows that although radical right parties are a source of opposition to the EU, within the EP they express their dissent by abiding by the rules of the game, voting with the opposition more than the other forces do, but also voting almost as often with the majority. The radical right’s MEPs engage in the legislative process and cooperate with parties on both sides of the political spectrum more than the Eurosceptic rhetoric and statements of their central offices lead the public to believe.

Keywords : Radical right parties; attitudes; EU; Euromanifestos; MPEs.

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