Wybory do Parlamentu Europejskiego w Niemczech (25.05.2014) – analiza i następstwa
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2014
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Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Dziennikarstwa Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
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Elections to the European Parliament (25 May, 2014) - analysis and consequences
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Prezentowany artykuł poświęcony został analizie niemieckich wyborów do Parlamentu Europejskiego. Wyniki wyborów do PE w Niemczech nie przyniosły zaskakujących rozstrzygnięć. Zwyciężyły partie chadeckie przed SPD, a na dalszych miejscach znalazły się partie średnie - Sojusz 90/Zieloni i Die Linke. Istotny sukces odniosła eurosceptyczna Alternatywa dla Niemiec (AfD), a druzgocącą klęskę poniosła liberalna FDP. Wyniki wyborów w Niemczech, w przeciwieństwie do wielu krajów europejskich jak Francja i Wielka Brytania, przyniosły sukces partiom zdecydowanie proeuropejskim, które zdobyły ponad 75% poparcia. Oznacza to akceptację zdecydowanej większości Niemców dla dotychczasowego kursu w polityce europejskiej reprezentowanego przez główne siły polityczne. Istotnym novum było zniesienie progu wyborczego, które skutkowało znacznym rozdrobnieniem niemieckiej reprezentacji w Parlamencie Europejskim (14 partii) i pozwoliło siedmiu drobnym partiom na wydelegowanie po jednym przedstawicielu do Parlamentu Europejskiego. Likwidacja progu wyborczego nie wpłynęła jednak na wzrost poparcia dla drobnych ugrupowań.
The paper is concerned with the analysis of the European elections in Germany. Their results did not bring about any major surprises. The Christian Democrats won, with the Social Democrats coming second, while subsequent places were taken by the mid-sized parties, i.e., the Green Party and Die Linke. The eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) proved highly successful, while the liberal FDP suffered a crushing defeat. In contrast to many other European countries, such as for instance France or Great Britain, the German elections brought victory to decisively pro-European parties, which gained over 75% of the votes cast. This seems tantamount to the acceptance by a majority of Germans of the present course of European politics taken by the main political forces. One clear innovation in the elections involved the abandonment of the electoral threshold, which resulted in a major fragmentation of German MEPs, who now come from 14 different parties - including seven small parties to place a single representative in the European Parliament. The elimination of the threshold did not result in a change in the overall level of support for small parties, though.
The paper is concerned with the analysis of the European elections in Germany. Their results did not bring about any major surprises. The Christian Democrats won, with the Social Democrats coming second, while subsequent places were taken by the mid-sized parties, i.e., the Green Party and Die Linke. The eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) proved highly successful, while the liberal FDP suffered a crushing defeat. In contrast to many other European countries, such as for instance France or Great Britain, the German elections brought victory to decisively pro-European parties, which gained over 75% of the votes cast. This seems tantamount to the acceptance by a majority of Germans of the present course of European politics taken by the main political forces. One clear innovation in the elections involved the abandonment of the electoral threshold, which resulted in a major fragmentation of German MEPs, who now come from 14 different parties - including seven small parties to place a single representative in the European Parliament. The elimination of the threshold did not result in a change in the overall level of support for small parties, though.
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Niemcy, Parlament Europejski, wybory, Alternatywa dla Niemiec, Germany, European Parliament, elections, Alternative for Germany
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Rocznik Integracji Europejskiej, 8/2014, s.303-316.