This time it was different? The salience of the Spitzenkandidaten system among European parties
This time it was different? The salience of the Spitzenkandidaten system among European parties
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DOI：
10.1080/01402382.2017.1419003
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发表时间：
2018-01-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Popa, Sebastian A.
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作者：
Braun, Daniela;Popa, Sebastian A.
《里斯本条约》（2009年）引入了关键的制度变革，以增加选举与欧洲议会（EP）的相关性。其中，主要政治团体提名了不同的主要候选人，即所谓的spitzencandidate，参加2014年欧洲议会选举。本文的目的是探讨国家政党如何应对这种新的制度设置。利用2014年欧洲宣言研究的数据，本文研究了政党在其政党宣言中是否以及在什么条件下强调spitzencandidate制度，以及他们在谈论它时是否采取积极或消极的立场。调查结果显示，各党派对这一问题重视甚少。此外，推动斯皮岑候选人制度的因素表明，如果政党希望从中受益，他们会战略性地决定强调这一主题或采取积极立场。
The Lisbon Treaty (2009) introduced key institutional changes to increase the relevance of elections to the European Parliament (EP). Among others, major political groups nominated different lead candidates, the so-called Spitzenkandidaten, for the 2014 EP elections. The aim of this article is to investigate how national political parties react to this new institutional setting. Using data from the 2014 Euromanifesto study, the article examines if and under what conditions political parties put emphasis on the Spitzenkandidaten system in their party manifestos and whether they take positive or negative stances when talking about it. The findings reveal that parties put little emphasis on the issue. Moreover, the factors promoting the Spitzenkandidaten system suggest that parties decide strategically upon emphasising that topic or take a positive stance on it if they expect to benefit from this.