Abstract

This article offers a comparative analysis of parties’ position on foreign and security issues in the EU28 across the EP elections of 2009 and 2014. First, we map the position of the parties on selected foreign policy and security issues in both 2009 and 2014. Second, we measure the extent to which party positions on such issues remained stable across these five years. Third, we offer an explanatory analysis of the competing factors potentially affecting changes in parties’ position. By means of multivariate regression models, we test the effect of party ideology, overall attitude toward EU integration, and structural factors at the party level in view of answering the following question: Do parties hold “genuine” positions over EU foreign and security policy, or are they rather due to their relatively more encompassing attitude toward EU integration? The data come from two transnational voting advice applications developed during the 2009 and 2014 European elections campaigns, respectively.

中文翻译：

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2009-2014年欧盟在外国和安全问题上各方的立场

摘要

本文比较了2009年和2014年欧洲议会选举期间当事方在EU28中的外交和安全问题上的立场。首先，我们绘制了当事方在2009年和2014年在选定的外交政策和安全问题上的立场。 ，我们衡量了这五年来党在此类问题上的立场保持稳定的程度。第三，我们对可能影响各方立场变化的竞争因素进行了解释性分析。通过多元回归模型，我们在回答以下问题的基础上测试了党的意识形态，对欧盟一体化的总体态度以及党的结构性因素的影响：各方是否对欧盟的外交和安全政策持有“真正”的立场，还是因为他们对欧盟一体化的态度相对更加包容？数据分别来自在2009年和2014年欧洲大选期间开发的两个跨国投票咨询应用程序。