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In Sickness and in Health- A roll-call study of the Members of the European Parliament’s voting behavior during Covid-19

Graje, Cornelia LU (2023) STVK02 20222
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The voting behavior of the Members of the European Parliament (MEP) has
been widely studied. However, little is written about the effects of crises. This
thesis tries to understand how the Covid-19 pandemic affected the MEPs voting
behavior in relation to their European political group (EPG) and in addition their
national party. This was done using the two theories: the two principal dilemma
and the issue of salience, which hypothesized a decreased influence of the EPG
and an increased influence of the national party. This was analyzed by doing a
roll-call analysis of the final annual budget vote each year between 2014 and
2021 using coefficient of determination and cohesion index. When analyzing the
effect on the... (More)
The voting behavior of the Members of the European Parliament (MEP) has
been widely studied. However, little is written about the effects of crises. This
thesis tries to understand how the Covid-19 pandemic affected the MEPs voting
behavior in relation to their European political group (EPG) and in addition their
national party. This was done using the two theories: the two principal dilemma
and the issue of salience, which hypothesized a decreased influence of the EPG
and an increased influence of the national party. This was analyzed by doing a
roll-call analysis of the final annual budget vote each year between 2014 and
2021 using coefficient of determination and cohesion index. When analyzing the
effect on the national party, there was little difference in coefficient of
determination between the years both prior to and during the pandemic. The
results of the coefficient of determination for voting behavior and EPG
showcased some but weak support for a Covid-19 effect, however this was
strengthened by the results from the cohesion index done for the EPGs which
displayed a larger decrease in cohesion for 2020 than the years prior. The
support had however weakened to 2021 for which there was no clear support. (Less)
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author
Graje, Cornelia LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20222
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
roll-call voting, Covid-19, salience, two-principal dilemma, European Parliament
language
English
id
9105594
date added to LUP
2023-02-22 13:31:49
date last changed
2023-02-22 13:31:49
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  abstract     = {{The voting behavior of the Members of the European Parliament (MEP) has 
been widely studied. However, little is written about the effects of crises. This 
thesis tries to understand how the Covid-19 pandemic affected the MEPs voting 
behavior in relation to their European political group (EPG) and in addition their 
national party. This was done using the two theories: the two principal dilemma 
and the issue of salience, which hypothesized a decreased influence of the EPG 
and an increased influence of the national party. This was analyzed by doing a 
roll-call analysis of the final annual budget vote each year between 2014 and 
2021 using coefficient of determination and cohesion index. When analyzing the 
effect on the national party, there was little difference in coefficient of 
determination between the years both prior to and during the pandemic. The 
results of the coefficient of determination for voting behavior and EPG 
showcased some but weak support for a Covid-19 effect, however this was 
strengthened by the results from the cohesion index done for the EPGs which 
displayed a larger decrease in cohesion for 2020 than the years prior. The 
support had however weakened to 2021 for which there was no clear support.}},
  author       = {{Graje, Cornelia}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{In Sickness and in Health- A roll-call study of the Members of the European Parliament’s voting behavior during Covid-19}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}