1999 Elections to the European Parliament

MARK BAIMBRIDGE Director of the Economics Programme, University of BradfordRICHARD CORBETT Labour MEP for Yorkshire and HumbersidePHILIP DANIELS Lecturer in European Politics, University of Newcastle upon TyneDARREN DARCY Researcher, Department of European Studies, University of BradfordKEVIN FEATHERSTONE Professor of European Politics and Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration Studies, University of BradfordJOHN GIBBONS Senior Lecturer in Politics, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityDAVID HOWARTH Lecturer in European Politics, Aston University, BirminghamDEREK HEARL Lecturer in Politics, University of ExeterKARL MAGNUS JOHANSSON Lecturer in Political Science and Director of the European Programme, University College of Southern StockholmHENK VAN DER KOLK European Candidate Study of Candidates to the European ParliamentGEORGE KAZAMIAS Lecturer in Politics, University of BradfordJOSE MAGONE Lecturer in European Politics, University of HullJANET MATHER Lecturer in Politics, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityJOSEF MELCHOIR Assistant Professor, Institute for Political Science, University of ViennaEDWARD MOXON-BROWNE Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Director of the Centre for European Studies, University of LimerickHANS JORGEN NIELSEN Lecturer, Institute of Political Science, University of CopenhagenWILLIAM PETERSON OBE Professor of German Politics and Director of the Institute for German Studies, University of BirminghamCHRISTOPHER PIENING Head of the European Parliament's United Kingdom office in LondonTAPIO RAUNIO Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Poliical Science, University of Helsinki

• List of Tables List of Figures Abbreviations Foreword Notes on the Contributors PART I Invisible, Irrelevant but Insistent? Euro-elections and the European Parliament; J.Lodge The European Parliament 1994-99; R.Corbett The EP Since 1994: Making its Mark on the World Stage; C.Piening PART II Austria; J.Melchior Belgium and Luxembourg; D.Hearl Denmark; H.J.Nielsen Germany; W.E.Paterson & S.Green Greece; K.Featherstone & G.Kazamias Finland; T.Raunio France; D.Howarth Ireland; E.Moxon-Browne Italy; P.Daniels The Netherlands; H.van der Kolk Portugal; J.Magone Spain; J.Gibbons Sweden; K.M.Johansson The United Kingdom; J.Mather PART III The Party System of the European Parliament after the 1999 Elections; T.Raunio European Electoral Systems and Disproportionality; M.Baimbridge & D.Darcy Making the EP Elections Distinctive: A Proposal for a Uniform e -electoral Procedure; J. Lodge A Union Fit to Govern? The Role of the European Parliament and the Commission; J.Lodge Index