Europeanized Eurosceptics? Radical Right Parties and European Integration

What is it about?

The article assesses the impact of European integration on radical right parties by examining the adaptive strategies deployed by this party family in order to operate within a multilevel polity. Based on the record of transnational coalition-building and data on legislative activities in the European Parliament, the analysis reveals that the radical right has failed to establish itself as a relevant actor at the European level.

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Why is it important?

The article explains why the Europeanization of radical right parties has been so limited thus far. Non-involvement in European policy-making and the inability to engage in durable paths of transnational cooperation resulting from divergent domestic party strategies have resulted in a fragmented radical right at the level of the European Union.