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Marie Curie Fellow @GSI_Muenchen | PhD @EuropeanUni Political Science. Comparative Politics | Electoral Behaviour | Research Methods | Open Science
May 28, 2019 13 tweets 3 min read
Why are the European Parliament elections "winning elections" for the radical right & what are the implications for national success? #EP2019

1) Their programmatic demands are salient

2) EU technocracy fits anti-elitist discourse

3) EP elections are "second-order"

/1 👇 1) EP elections help the radical right to advance their core programmatic demands.

Why?
The issue of European integration is particularly salient in the campaign.
/2