European elections 2024. A turning point for EU integration?

Summary:

The politicisation of European affairs, and the steady rise of clashing views on them, is a growing and irrepressible phenomenon. In this context, the outcome of the elections to the European Parliament will determine the future of the legislative process on many issues: the green agenda, European Union’s future enlargement, the defence policy, the debate over the EU's own resources. Legislative progress will depend on the majorities that form in the new parliament, and on the nature and composition of the new European Commission. The first step in defining the new majorities in the EU will be decided at the polls from June 6 to 9, 2024.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: increasingly Europeanized elections | Pol Morillas
• Section I - The impact of the elections on the political agenda
  • After the elections: more or less Europe? | Héctor Sánchez Margalef
  • Will the European Parliament elections have an impact on the EU’s enlargement agenda? | Ilke Toygür & Luis de Lossada i Gallart
  • Migration, elections and the European Union of tomorrow | Francesco Pasetti
  • Dark clouds on the horizon: the uncertain future of the EU’s green agenda | Ana García Juanatey & Andrea Noferini
  • Elections under suspicion: the constant threat of disinformation | Carme Colomina
  • The geography of anti-Europeanism | Marta Galceran-Vercher & Agustí Fernández de Losada
  • The European elections and the EU’s future economic capacity | Víctor Burguete
  • Defence as a core pillar of European integration | Daniel Fiott
  • Is the European Union young? | Javier Carbonell
• Section II - Europe in campaign: a geographical tour
  • Germany: A more polarised, politicised, but also potentially more national-focused election campaign | Max Becker & Nicolai von Ondarza
  • France: A triumphant radical-right with mixed implications for France’s European role | Georgina Wright
  • Turning right: Italy’s political landscape and EU elections | Matteo Bonomi & Nicoletta Pirozzi
  • Spain’s European election: national no matter what? | Raquel García Llorente & Héctor Sánchez Margalef
  • Poland: between Euroscepticism in reformist guise and tempered Euro-enthusiasm | Melchior Szczepanik & Tomasz Zając
  • Belgium: “the third election” | Benjamin Bodson & Ward Den Dooven
  • Anticipating the Czech European Parliament elections: ambiguous EU attitudes, sovereignty, scepticism on green policies and referendum on the government | Jan Kovář & Liljana Cvetanoska
  • Hungary: derailed election campaign brings back national politics and overshadows anti-Brussels messages | Bulcsú Hunyadi & Rudolf Berkes
  • Austria: a shift to the right as a prelude to the parliamentary elections in September | Alexandra Bernhard & Stefan Schaller
  • Finland: focus on new national candidates | Manuel Müller
  • Ireland: Still pro-EU but agriculture and migration feature prominently in the campaign | Barry Colfer
  • Estonia repeats the 2019 election | Merili Arjakas

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