The 2004 Elections to the European Parliament

Part I. Introduction

1. Euro-Elections 2004 – A Defining Point in European Integration?
Juliet Lodge

2. European Parliament 1999–2004
Richard Corbett

3. European Parliamentary Electoral Law and the 2004 Elections: Towards Uniformity or Commonality?
James D. Mather

4. The EP Party System After the 2004 Elections
Tapio Raunio

5. EUphoria to Apathy: EP Turnout in the New Member States
Mark D. Baimbridge

Part II. Country Case Studies

6. Austria
Josef Melchior

7. Belgium
Tom Delreux, Caroline Steensels

8. Cyprus
Costas Melakopides

9. Czech Republic
Lenka Rovná

10. Denmark
Karina Pedersen

11. Estonia
Terry Mayer

12. Finland
Tapio Raunio

13. France
Helen Drake

14. Germany
Simon Green

15. Greece
Dimitris Kavakas

16. Hungary
Agnes Batory

17. Ireland
Edward Moxon-Browne

18. Italy
Donatella M. Viola

19. Latvia
David Galbreath

20. Lithuania
Terry Mayer

21. Luxembourg
Philippe Poirier

22. Malta
Mark Harwood

23. The Netherlands
Edith Drieskens

24. Poland
Aleks Szczerbiak

25. Portugal
José M. Magone

26. Slovakia
Lenka Rovná

27. Slovenia
Irena Brinar

28. Spain
Roberto Espíndola, Fabio García

29. Sweden
Fredrik Langdal

30. The United Kingdom
Richard Whitaker

Part III. Conclusion

31. Communicating Europe: From Procedural Transparency to Grand Forum
Juliet Lodge

32. The European Parliament 2004–09 – A Parliament for the People of the New EU Polity?
Juliet Lodge

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, European Union Politics, Electoral Politics, Democracy