Bulletin n. 1/2012
June 2012
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Braghiroli Stefano
    Je t’aime … moi non plus! An empirical assessment of Euro-parliamentarians’ voting behaviour on Turkey and Turkish membership
    in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies , vol. 12, n. 1 ,  2012 ,  1-24
    The article looks at the way the debate on Turkish membership has developed in the Sixth European Parliament (EP). First, it analyses the impact of the debate on Turkey on the voting dynamics in the assembly. Second, it assesses how and to what extent Euro-parliamentarians’ individual view of Turkey and Turkish membership influence their actual voting behaviour. The analysis suggests that the issue of Turkish membership has a very divisive impact on the voting dynamics and voting alignments in the EP. Given its national and political significance, the issue seems to determine ad hoc voting blocs only imperfectly matching Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) individual party affiliation.
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