Evropski izbori – rezultati, poruke i pouke
European Elections – Results , Messages and Lessons

Summary/Abstract: In theoretical analysis and political debates about the “destiny of the EU experiment” there is a sort of general stance or political mantra about the democratic deficit of the EU institutions including the European Parliament, which is considered just a surrogate of a parliament with few competencies. Consequently, the elections for the EP were treated, for decades now, as second class “test” elections for the national elections which are considered as the only relevant. In the paper we advocate that parallel processes of widening the competencies of the EP and re-politicization as well as re-ideologization of political agenda that includes key issues of technological and climate change, economic crisis and deep inequalities as well as national (migrant) identities – the issues too wide for national political arena, even according to Europhobes – caused emergence of specific and significant European political space. All this, combined with the raising of the right-wing populism and open question about the destiny of European political architecture after Brexit, led to the increased interest of voters for the European elections.

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