<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Aim of this paper is to analyse the behaviour of Czech MEPs in the topics related to Europe 2020 Strategy. This Strategy is one of the most important documents of recent decade on the European level and it is not so often studied on the level of the European Parliament. The purpose of this text is to find out if Czech political parties in the European Parliament are cohesive or not. The second question is related to the voting patterns, whether Czech MEPs create some kind of voting coalitions or not and if these coalitions reflect the national coalition. Methodology is based on the analyses of roll-call votes. The research period is the first two years of the 8th term of the European Parliament.</p></abstract>

Aim of this paper is to analyse the behaviour of Czech MEPs in the topics related to Europe 2020 Strategy. This Strategy is one of the most important documents of recent decade on the European level and it is not so often studied on the level of the European Parliament. The purpose of this text is to find out if Czech political parties in the European Parliament are cohesive or not. The second question is related to the voting patterns, whether Czech MEPs create some kind of voting coalitions or not and if these coalitions reflect the national coalition. Methodology is based on the analyses of roll-call votes. The research period is the first two years of the 8th term of the European Parliament.

Analysis of the Voting Behaviour of Czech Members of European Parliament in Areas of the Europe 2020 Strategy

International Institute of Political Science at Masaryk University,

Politics in Central Europe

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Aim of this paper is to analyse the behaviour of Czech MEPs in the topics related to Europe 2020 Strategy. This Strategy is one of the most important documents...

Analysis of the Voting Behaviour of Czech Members of European Parliament in Areas of the Europe 2020 Strategy

Online veröffentlicht: 21. Feb. 2017

Seitenbereich: 37 - 50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pce-2016-0016

Schlüsselwörter
Czech MEPs, Europe 2020, RCV voting behaviour, European Parliament

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Analysis of the Voting Behaviour of Czech Members of European Parliament in Areas of the Europe 2020 Strategy

Online veröffentlicht: 21. Feb. 2017

Seitenbereich: 37 - 50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pce-2016-0016

SchlüsselwörterCzech MEPs, Europe 2020, RCV voting behaviour, European Parliament

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
Czech MEPs, Europe 2020, RCV voting behaviour, European Parliament