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TY - JOUR
T1 - Conservatism and Euro-realism in the European Parliament
T2 - The European Conservatives and Reformists under the leadership of Poland's Law and Justice
AU - Steven, Martin
AU - Szczerbiak , Aleks
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in European Politics and Society on 06/05/2022, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/23745118.2022.2065725
PY - 2023/10/20
Y1 - 2023/10/20
N2 - After the 2019 European Parliament (EP) election, the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) party grouping experienced a major change in its representation and leadership, with the wholescale departure of its core British Conservative MEPs. Yet the ECR remained an important and coherent transnational party federation in Strasbourg, acting as a strong voice for conservatism in Europe as distinct from Christian Democracy and the radical right. With large numbers of MEPs from Poland’s Law and Justice (PiS) party within the grouping, there was also much continuity with policies that were opposed to ‘ever closer union’, in favour of business and the single market and also of the wider role of the USA and NATO in international relations. Often written off as merely a ‘Eurosceptic’ faction, the start of the 2019–2024 EP session saw the grouping consolidate its influence and profile in EU affairs as a distinctive right-of-centre party in the Hemicycle.
AB - After the 2019 European Parliament (EP) election, the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) party grouping experienced a major change in its representation and leadership, with the wholescale departure of its core British Conservative MEPs. Yet the ECR remained an important and coherent transnational party federation in Strasbourg, acting as a strong voice for conservatism in Europe as distinct from Christian Democracy and the radical right. With large numbers of MEPs from Poland’s Law and Justice (PiS) party within the grouping, there was also much continuity with policies that were opposed to ‘ever closer union’, in favour of business and the single market and also of the wider role of the USA and NATO in international relations. Often written off as merely a ‘Eurosceptic’ faction, the start of the 2019–2024 EP session saw the grouping consolidate its influence and profile in EU affairs as a distinctive right-of-centre party in the Hemicycle.
KW - Conservatism
KW - European Parliament
KW - political parties
KW - Eurorealism
U2 - 10.1080/23745118.2022.2065725
DO - 10.1080/23745118.2022.2065725
M3 - Journal article
VL - 24
SP - 585
EP - 602
JO - European Politics and Society
JF - European Politics and Society
SN - 2374-5118
IS - 5
ER -