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Partisanship above Fundamental Values? A comparative analysis of Europarties’ reactions to party members' non-compliance with the European Union’s fundamental values (Art. 2 TEU) over time

Ryberg, Moa LU (2020) STVM23 20201
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The European Union (EU) can no longer portray itself as a community of democracies since Hungary was recently classified as an electoral authoritarian regime. This was the culmination of a trend of democratic decline, which stands in contrast to the fundamental values the EU proudly denotes are its foundation. The thesis departs from this contradiction and finds theoretical relevance in R. Daniel Kelemen’s claim that partisan politics on the EU-level has created stronger incentives for European level political parties (Europarties) to protect their members since they provide votes to their coalitions. The purpose is to investigate if and how the Europarties’ reactions to their members’ non-compliance with fundamental values have changed... (More)
The European Union (EU) can no longer portray itself as a community of democracies since Hungary was recently classified as an electoral authoritarian regime. This was the culmination of a trend of democratic decline, which stands in contrast to the fundamental values the EU proudly denotes are its foundation. The thesis departs from this contradiction and finds theoretical relevance in R. Daniel Kelemen’s claim that partisan politics on the EU-level has created stronger incentives for European level political parties (Europarties) to protect their members since they provide votes to their coalitions. The purpose is to investigate if and how the Europarties’ reactions to their members’ non-compliance with fundamental values have changed over time. A content analysis is used to analyze statements by the Europarties, which constituted the reactions. To analyze the trends and tendencies over time, 12 actions of non-compliance by a member states between 2000 and 2019 is selected. The result indicates that the Europarties’ reactions have generally changed over time and that they have become less inclined to impose social and/or material sanctions on their members. The conclusions support the assumption that the Europarties have become more accepting of their members’ non-compliance with the fundamental values over time. (Less)
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author
Ryberg, Moa LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVM23 20201
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
European Union, Europarties, partisan politics, non-compliance, EU fundamental values
language
English
id
9009647
date added to LUP
2020-09-21 16:10:59
date last changed
2020-09-21 16:10:59
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  abstract     = {{The European Union (EU) can no longer portray itself as a community of democracies since Hungary was recently classified as an electoral authoritarian regime. This was the culmination of a trend of democratic decline, which stands in contrast to the fundamental values the EU proudly denotes are its foundation. The thesis departs from this contradiction and finds theoretical relevance in R. Daniel Kelemen’s claim that partisan politics on the EU-level has created stronger incentives for European level political parties (Europarties) to protect their members since they provide votes to their coalitions. The purpose is to investigate if and how the Europarties’ reactions to their members’ non-compliance with fundamental values have changed over time. A content analysis is used to analyze statements by the Europarties, which constituted the reactions. To analyze the trends and tendencies over time, 12 actions of non-compliance by a member states between 2000 and 2019 is selected. The result indicates that the Europarties’ reactions have generally changed over time and that they have become less inclined to impose social and/or material sanctions on their members. The conclusions support the assumption that the Europarties have become more accepting of their members’ non-compliance with the fundamental values over time.}},
  author       = {{Ryberg, Moa}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Partisanship above Fundamental Values? A comparative analysis of Europarties’ reactions to party members' non-compliance with the European Union’s fundamental values (Art. 2 TEU) over time}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}