2009 Elections to the European Parliament

An analysis of the 2009 European elections in each of the 27 member states of the newly enlarged European Union, and assessment of the European Parliament in 2004-2009. This book looks at the implications of low turnout for the future of European Union democracy and accountability.

DAUNIS AUERS Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the Department of Political Science, University of LatviaSTEFANO BRAGHIROLI PhD candidate at the Centre for the Study of Political Change (CIRCaP), University of Siena, ItalyRICHARD CORBETT Adviser to EU President Van RompuyJACOB CHRISTENSEN Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Southern DenmarkFLEMMING JUUL CHRISTIANSEN Post-doctoral Researcher in Political Science at Aarhus University, Denmark CHRISTOPHOROS CHRISTOPHOROU Assistant Professor in Communications at the University of Nicosia, CyprusALINA DOBREVA Research Associate of the Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence, University of Leeds, UKHENRY FRENDO Senior Professor of History at the University of MaltaDEREK HEARL Retired Assistant Professor of European Politics at the Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, and Associate of the JMECE, Leeds, UKBALAZS HORVATHY Junior Research Fellow at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Legal Studies, and Assistant Professor at Szechenyi Istvan University Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Hungary ARNOUT JUSTAERT Academic Assistant and PhD Researcher at the Institute for International and European Policy, University of Leuven, BelgiumALENKA KRA OVEC Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia DAMJAN LAJH Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaANDRÁS LÁSZLÓ PAP Senior Research Fellow at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Legal Studies, Hungary and Professor of Law at Kodolányi JánosSIMON LIGHTFOOT Senior Lecturer in European Politics at the University of Leeds, UKJOSÉ M. MAGONE Professor of Global and Regional Governance at the Berlin School of Economics and Law, GermanyPHILIPPE MARLIÈRE Reader in French and European Politics at University College London, UKDAMIAN MATHER Senior Lecturer in European Union Law at the Manchester Metropolitan University and member of the Manchester European Research Institute, UKED MAXFIELD Doctoral Student at Sussex University, UKTERRY MAYER Associate of the Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence, University of Leeds, UK and Freelance Researcher EDWARD MOXON-BROWNE Jean Monnet Chair of European Integration, and Director of the Centre for European Studies at the University of Limerick, IrelandDANIEL NAGEL Associate of the law firm Bongen, Renaud& Partner, Germany; Associate of the Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence at the University of Leeds, UKTAPIO RAUNIO Professor of Political Science at the University of Tampere, FinlandMALENA ROSÉN Assistant Professor at the Department of Global Studies at Malmö University College, SwedenLENKA ROVNÁ Jean Monnet Chair Ad Personam in European Studies at Charles University in Prague, Czech RepublicANDERS SANNERSTEDT Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at Lund University, SwedenKATHARINE SARIKAKIS Senior Lecturer, Institute of Communications Studies, Un