Cooperation of the Members of European Parliament in
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Współpraca eurodeputowanych w ramach grupy politycznej Europejskich Konserwatystów i Reformatorów
Cooperation of the Members of European Parliament in European Conservatives and Reformists Group

Author(s): Paula Wiśniewska
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Political Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: European Conservatives and Reformists Group; Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists; European Parliament; political groups; Brexit; institutionalisation

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to investigate a cooperation between the Members of the European Parliament in the European Conservatives and Reformist Group. ECR Group was formed in the EuropeanParliament in 2009 and the biggest parties in ECR are the British Conservative Party and Polish Lawand Justice. United Kingdom will leave the European Union and the question is whether the ECRgroup is enough institutionalised to survive after Brexit? The Author of the article uses the analysis ofthe scholar literature, reports and ECR’s political programs, and tries to find answers to the followingresearch questions: how did the conservative parties cooperate within the ECR? What is the internalstructure of the ECR group? What positions were held by ECR in the European Parliament?

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 57-73
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish