Austria: results of the 2014 European Parliament elections by Vitalij Semenko

“…Specific features of obtaining by Austria of 18 seats on the 8th next elections to the European Parliament are revealed, which took place on May 25, 2014. Keywords: Political party, euroscepticism, elections, populism, political system …”
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Czech Protest Movements in the 2014 European Parliament Elections by Just Petr

“…This article explores the performance of ANO 2011 and Dawn of Direct Democracy—two new subjects of the post-2013 Czech party system—in the 2014 elections to the European Parliament. Programs and statements of both movements are analyzed in order to determine whether a link exists between protest and populist characteristics on one side and Euroscepticism on the other side.…”
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Context Matters: Economic Voting in the 2009 and 2014 European Parliament Elections by Martin Okolikj, Stephen Quinlan

“…Using the 2009 and 2014 European Election Studies (EES), we explore the effect of the economy on the vote in the 2009 and 2014 European Parliament (EP) elections. …”
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‘Of the People or for the People’? An Analysis of Populist Discourse in the 2014 European Parliament Elections in Romania by Elena Negrea-Busuioc

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Turning against the Union? The impact of the crisis on the Eurosceptic vote in the 2014 European Parliament elections by Hobolt, S, De Vries, C

“…<p>The 2014 European Parliament elections were held against the backdrop of the worst economic crisis in post-war Europe. …”

Voting at National versus European Elections: An Individual Level Test of the Second Order Paradigm for the 2014 European Parliament Elections by Hajo G. Boomgaarden, David Johann, Sylvia Kritzinger

“…In this study, we assess to what degree voting patterns in the 2014 EP election were characterized by second-orderness. …”
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Gaining Votes in Europe against Europe? How National Contexts Shaped the Results of Eurosceptic Parties in the 2014 European Parliament Elections by Vincenzo Emanuele, Nicola Maggini, Bruno Marino

“…In the wake of the harshest economic crisis since 1929, in several European countries there has been a rise of Eurosceptic parties that oppose EU integration. The 2014 European Parliament elections were a fundamental turning point for these parties. …”
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Introduction: How Different Were the European Elections of 2014? by Wouter van der Brug, Katjana Gattermann, Claes H. de Vreese

“…This issue brings together papers that focus on the question of whether and in which ways the 2014 European Parliament elections were different from previous ones. …”
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Trade shock, refugee, and the rise of right-wing populism: Evidence from European Parliament elections by Yuchen Lin, Tianyang Xi

“…We rely on the outcomes of the 2014 European Parliament elections to empirically examine the economic and cultural mechanisms that fuel this trend. …”
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Une approche langagière et interactionnelle de l’argumentation by Marianne Doury, Christian Plantin

“…This paper is based on a case study focused on election night specials (2012 French presidential elections; 2014 European Parliament elections in France). Specifically we observe how “rough facts” (the scores that are expressed by figures which are officially announced and undisputed) are discursively oriented towards a specific evaluative conclusion (“this is a good score” / “this is a bad score”). …”
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NEW RIGHT RADICALISM IN GERMANY by A. S. Serbina

Subjects: “…"new right" movement, 2014 elections to european parliament, 2013 elections to bundestag, national democratic party of germany (ndpg), right radicalism, anti-immigrant rhetoric, xenophobia, pegida…”
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The rise of the far right in debtor and creditor European countries: The case of European Parliament elections by Halikiopoulou, D, Vlandas, T

“…While the 2014 European Parliament elections were marked by the rise of parties on the far right‐wing, the different patterns of support that we observe across Europe and across time are not directly related to the economic crisis. …”

The Choice of Spitzenkandidaten: A Comparative Analysis of the Europarties’ Selection Procedures by Gert-Jan Put, Steven Van Hecke, Corey Cunningham, Wouter Wolfs

“…This article will fill this gap by examining the selection procedures of Europarties, more particularly for their EC presidency candidates, a novelty of the 2014 European Parliament elections. Based on the analysis of the procedures applied within the European People’s Party (EPP), the Party of European Socialists (PES), the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE), the European Green Party (EGP), and the Party of the European Left (EL), one of the main findings of this article is that the procedures are largely copy-paste from the Europarties’ internal procedures for selecting a president. …”
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Wikipedia traffic data and electoral prediction: towards theoretically informed models by Yasseri, T, Bright, J

“…We test this model on a novel dataset drawn from a variety of countries in the 2009 and 2014 European Parliament elections. We show that while Wikipedia offers little insight into absolute vote outcomes, it does offer good information about changes in overall turnout at elections and about changes in vote share for particular parties. …”

Three Is a Crowd? Podemos, Ciudadanos, and Vox: The End of Bipartisanship in Spain by José Rama, José Rama, Guillermo Cordero, Piotr Zagórski

“…At first, as a result of the economic and political representation crises, Podemos (We Can) emerged at the 2014 European Parliament elections. This left-wing populist party managed to grow rapidly among the dissatisfied voters, reaching the third electoral position in the 2015 general elections. …”
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Has Eurosceptic Mobilization Become More Contagious? Comparing the 2009 and 2014 EP Election Campaigns in The Netherlands and France by Maurits Meijers, Christian Rauh

“…With the lingering Euro crisis, personalized competition for the Commission presidency, and a surge of Eurosceptic parties, the 2014 European Parliament elections took place against an unknown level of European Union politicization. …”
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IDEOLOGICAL AND STRATEGIC EUROSCEPTICISM IN EU POLITICS by M. O. Shibkova

“…After the 2014 European Parliament elections the voices of Eurosceptic forces have become increasingly louder, with their activity beginning to have direct infl uence on the EU politics, which can be proved by the results of the 23rd June UK’s EU referendum. …”
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