The 2004 elections to the European Parliament

Twenty-five years have passed since the first elections to the European Parliament. The sixth elections in 2004 were marked by the participation of ten new states from Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe, the conclusions of the 2003-02 IGC on a constitution for the new Europe, referenda on the constitution and on accession to the EU and the euro, amid deep division over the EU's external role in the wake of the Iraq war and subsequent relations with the US.

The 2004 Elections to the European Parliament includes results from all Member States, together with full coverage of the campaigns, and the key political issues of the election.

Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION
Juliet Lodge: Euro-Elections 2004 - A defining Point in European Integration?;
Richard Corbett: European Parliament 1999-2004;
James D. Mather: European Parliamentary Local Law and the 2004 Elections: Towards Uniformity or Commonality?;
Tapio Raunio: The EP Party System after the European Elections;
Mark D. Baimbridge: Euphoria to Apathy: EP Turnout in the New Member States.

PART II: COUNTRY CASE STUDIES
Josef Melchior: Austria;
Tom Delreux & Caroline Steensels: Belgium;
Costas Melakopides: Cyprus;
Lenka Rovná: Czech Republic;
Karina Pedersen: Denmark;
Terry Mayer: Estonia;
Tapio Raunio: Finalnd;
Helen Drake: France;
Simon Green: Germany;
Dimitris Kavakas: Greece;
Agnes Batory: Hungary;
Edward Moxon-Browne: Ireland;
Donatella M. Viola: Italy;
David Galbreath: Latvia;
Terry Mayer: Lithuania;
Philippe Poirier: Luxembourg;
Mark Harwood: Malta;
Edith Drieskens: Netherlands;
Aleks Szczerbiak: Poland;
José M. Magone: Portugal;
Lenka Rovná: Slovakia;
Irena Brinar: Slovenia;
Roberto Espíndola & Fabio García: Spain;
Fredrik Langdal: Sweden;
Richard Whitaker: United Kingdom.

PART III: CONCLUSION
Juliet Lodge: Communicating Europe: from procedural transparency to grand forum;
Juliet Lodge: The European Parliament 2004-09 - a parliament for the people of the new EU polity?