European Parliament in the News

Dimitrios Souliotis is a public communication expert. He has worked at the Greek Public Administration and the European Commission. He has teaching experience in the University of Central Lancashire, the University of Patras, the Greek National School of Public Administration and Local Government and the Training Institute for Public Administration. His professional and academic interests focus on mass media, public relations and government communication. He has participated in several academic international conferences and he has published relevant articles. He is currently a Research Fellow at the Journalism Studies and Communication Applications Lab, in the Department of Communication and Media Studies, The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The European Parliament.- Chapter 3. European Parliament’s Legitimacy: Conceptualisation and Empirical Assessment.- Chapter 4. European Parliament and The News Media.- Chapter 5. Content Analysis and Semi-Structured Interviews as Assessment Tools.- Chapter 6. European Parliament’s Media Coverage in The News Websites.- Chapter 7. Assessment of The Media Relations Performance of The EPLO’S.- Chapter 8. Identification and Critical Analysis of The Problems in The Online Media Coverage and Media Relations Performance of The EP in Greece and in the UK.- Chapter 9. Identification of Potential Ways of Communicating the EP More Effectively in Greece and in the UK.- Chapter 10. Critical Analysis of The Potential Ways of Communicating the EP More Efficiently.- Chapter 11. Overall Conclusion.

“The book The European Parliament in the News: A Critical Analysis of the Coverage in the United Kingdom and Greece analyzes the non-election period of 2011–2013, characterized by record low trust levels towards the ep. … The book offers important empirical findings and suggested solutions to address the ep’s communication deficit and, consequently, its social legitimacy.” (Jan Kotýnek Krotký, International Journal of Parliamentary Studies, Vol. 4 (2), November, 2025)