Novelties and paradoxes of the 2019 European elections

• Autores: Roberto Castaldi
• Localización: Perspectives on Federalism, ISSN-e 2036-5438, Vol. 11, Nº. 1, 2019
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The 2019 European elections are characterised by many novelties and paradoxes: for the first time they have acquired a high political salience, also thanks to the cleavage between nationalist and pro-EU parties. And there is a wider public debate than in the past. However, not all political parties are presenting their Spitzenkandidaten and few have taken a clear position with regards to the struggle between the Parliament and the European Council on which institution really decides the next Commission President. Pro-European and nationalists are much divided and often some forces in one camp have paradoxical positions on some specific issues.