The respective chapters investigate the fluctuations in EU issue entrepreneurship and EU issue voting, identifying which party types have been more likely to benefit from their EU issue proximity to voters, and assessing the growing politicisation of the EU conflict in both South European and North-Western countries.
Luca Carrieri is a researcher at Luiss Guido Carli University, Rome. A member of the Italian Centre for Electoral Studies (CISE), his current research interests include elections, political parties and EU politics.
Introduction.- Politicisation through Manipulation.- How Parties Respond to European Integration?.- EU Politicisation in Western European Party Systems.- Voters and European Integration.- EU Politicisation in West European Political Systems.- Conclusions.