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CONTENTS
AgataGostyńska,RoderickParkes
“ThisTimeIt’sDifferent:”ANotefromtheGuestEditors...........7
ARTICLES
JacekSaryusz-Wolski
DemocraticLegitimacyandtheEuropeanParliament:
TheChallengesoftheUpcomingElections......................9
Aftermorethanfiveyears,overthecourseofwhichtheEUagendawas
primarilydeterminedbytheeconomiccrisis(withfinancialmarketscalming
downbutpoliticalandeconomicchallengesyettoberesolved),popular
supportfortheEUprojecttendstobeindecline.Agrowingnumberofpolls
suggestthatwearelikelytoobserveasurgeofprotestvotesandvoting
absenteeism,bothofwhichrepresentbigchallengesfortheEuropeanUnion.
Asaconsequence,inthiscleardemocraticparadox,aninstitutionconstantly
increasingitspowersandinfluencingthelivesofEUcitizenstoanever
greaterextent,needstofindawaytocommunicatetothemitsprominence,
andpersuadethemtotakepartintheelection.
BrendanDonnelly
2014WillBringChallengesforDavidCameron’s
EuropeanPolicy...........................................17
TheEuropeanParliamentelectionsof2014mayplayanimportantrolein
theevolutionofBritishpolicytowardstheEuropeanUnion.Admittedly,the
resultsoftheseelectionsareunlikelytobeviewedintheUnitedKingdom
(orinmanyothermemberstatesoftheUnion)asmattersofgreatpolitical
importanceinthemselves.TheConservativeparty’spolicytowardsthe
EuropeanUnionisattheveryleastanimportantpieceofthejigsawthat
makesuppoliticalandpopularattitudestowardstheEuropeanUnionin
Britain.IftheConservativePartyenjoysanabsolutemajorityafterthenext
generalelectionin2015,itwillbeinapositiontoconvertitsownEuropean
policyintoBritishgovernmentalpolicy.Norcanitbeexcludedthat,over
thecomingmonths,theLabourPartywillwishto,orthinkitselfobligedto,
mimicinitsownEuropeanpolicysomeelementsofConservativeEuropean
policyifthispolicyisseentobeattractivetoBritishvoters.
