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24 June 2019

The social dimension in the electoral programs of the European political groups

By Giovanni Pagano and Pietro Regazzoni

We analyzed the electoral programs published by the European political groups at the time of the 2014 and 2019 European elections, to shed light on the future path of the social dimension of the European integration.

8 April 2019

Maria João Rodrigues: “What we need is a fully fledged European Social Union” (video)

By euvisions

In this interview, EuVisions discusses the prospects of a European Social Union with Maria João Rodrigues, Vice-President of the S&D Groups at the European Parliament.

8 February 2019

Debating Europe ahead of the EU Elections 2019: how MEPs interact on Twitter

By Martina Zaghi

I focus on the Twitter communications of actual members of the EP and try to shed light on whether, and to what extent, they interact with colleagues of different nationalities.

28 January 2019

The European Parliament in the transnational financial regulatory arena

By Anna Viterbo

Finding the right balance between reliance on technical expertise and democratic legitimacy in international financial regulation will be the challenge for the years to come. The European Parliament, which is seeking to bolster its position in the design of Basel standards, might play a role in this endeavour.

17 December 2018

MEPs on Twitter #10: Spanish MEPs top the ranking

By Martina Zaghi

In terms of tweets-to-meps ratio, Spanish MEPs were second only to British ones this week. All in all, the distribution looks more balanced compared to precedent weeks.

5 December 2018

MEPs on Twitter #9: all eyes on Brexit and the Yellow vests

By Martina Zaghi

Overall, discussions are clearly focused on the #giletjaunes protests and the draft #brexit deal.

27 November 2018

MEPs on Twitter #8: the comeback of ALDE and S&D

By Martina Zaghi

MEPs from the EFDD Groups were still those engaging the citizens the most. Yet, they obtained fewer reactions that the week before. Contrarily, ALDE and S&D conversations generated more retweets and replies than last week, significantly reducing the gap with EFDD.

20 November 2018

MEPs on Twitter #7: EFDD seizes the Brexit debate

By Martina Zaghi

Without any doubt, the EFDD was the most influent EP Group, collecting, on average, 36 reactions for every tweet.

13 November 2018

MEPs on Twitter #6: the “spitzenkandidat” conundrum

By Martina Zaghi

With no surprise, the messages sent by MEPs were mainly focused on the #eppcongress, besides the usual attention given to #brexit.
Citizens focused instead and, once again, on #brexit and #venezuela. Interestingly, people also focused on some issues that involved the Italian deputy Prime Minister, Luigi Di Maio (Five Star Movement).

6 November 2018

MEPs on Twitter #5: are Greens and S&D catching up?

By Martina Zaghi

The Social Democrat MEP, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, featured as one of the most active Deputies this week. Prieto mostly tweeted about the Castilla La Mancha issue. Instead the British Deputies, Richard Corbett (S&D Group) and Nigel Farage (EFDD Group), top the rankings of the most retweeted and replied Deputies, respectively.

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