Europarties in the system of representative democracy of the European Union: In search of identity
The Lisbon Treaty stipulates that the functioning of the European Union will be based on representative democracy. The main bearers of representative democracy should be political parties, in this case European political parties. Therefore, the subject of this paper is the position of European parti...
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Serbian Sociological Association, Belgrade
2022-01-01
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| description | The Lisbon Treaty stipulates that the functioning of the European Union will be based on representative democracy. The main bearers of representative democracy should be political parties, in this case European political parties. Therefore, the subject of this paper is the position of European parties in the political system of the European Union. The basic question is whether the Europarties are able to contribute to the democratic functioning of the political system of the European Union and thus build their recognizable identity. If we take into account the existing constitutional order of the European Union and the place of political parties in it, it is obvious that they are not able to contribute to forming European political awareness and to expressing the political will of the Union citizens. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ec41551765a94fc98911461addbe8d7c2022-12-22T01:28:06ZengSerbian Sociological Association, BelgradeSociološki Pregled0085-63202560-48802022-01-0156242545210.5937/socpreg56-382730085-63202202425QEuroparties in the system of representative democracy of the European Union: In search of identityČupić Zoran I.0Univerzitet u Beogradu, Fakultet političkih nauka, SerbiaThe Lisbon Treaty stipulates that the functioning of the European Union will be based on representative democracy. The main bearers of representative democracy should be political parties, in this case European political parties. Therefore, the subject of this paper is the position of European parties in the political system of the European Union. The basic question is whether the Europarties are able to contribute to the democratic functioning of the political system of the European Union and thus build their recognizable identity. If we take into account the existing constitutional order of the European Union and the place of political parties in it, it is obvious that they are not able to contribute to forming European political awareness and to expressing the political will of the Union citizens.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0085-6320/2022/0085-63202202425Q.pdfeuropean unionrepresentative democracypolitical partieseuroparties |
| spellingShingle | Čupić Zoran I. Europarties in the system of representative democracy of the European Union: In search of identity Sociološki Pregled european union representative democracy political parties europarties |
| title | Europarties in the system of representative democracy of the European Union: In search of identity |
| title_full | Europarties in the system of representative democracy of the European Union: In search of identity |
| title_fullStr | Europarties in the system of representative democracy of the European Union: In search of identity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Europarties in the system of representative democracy of the European Union: In search of identity |
| title_short | Europarties in the system of representative democracy of the European Union: In search of identity |
| title_sort | europarties in the system of representative democracy of the european union in search of identity |
| topic | european union representative democracy political parties europarties |
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