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The 2014 European parliamentary election in Poland: the evaluation of the challenges to the European Union
The 2014 European parliamentary election in Poland: the evaluation of the challenges to the European Union

Author(s): Joachim Osiński, Bogusław Pytlik
Subject(s): Politics, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Public Administration, Public Law
Published by: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie
Keywords: the European Parliament; Election; the European Union; Electoral Regulations

Summary/Abstract: The paper addresses the issue of the election to the European Parliament in Poland. The authors discuss the electoral regulations and the institutional background to the election. They put the 2014 election against the historic background of the 2004 and 2009 elections to the European Parliament. The authors emphasise that the most important challenge in terms of the elections is the low turnout. The major reasons for the state of affairs are the low quality of the knowledge of the European institutions and the social discontent of the Polish citizens with the economic and political situation both in Europe and Poland.

  • Issue Year: 12/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 77-100
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: English