Programme Approaches and Electoral Prospects of the Leading European Parties in the Elections of 2019

Abstract

In May of this year, the next elections of deputies of the European Parliament will be held in the European Union. The leading all-European parties are conducting an active election campaign, have published their election documents, identified their candidates for the post of Head of the European Commission (candidate candidate for nomination), etc. The results of these elections will be seriously affected by financial, economic and migration crises, Brexit, polarization between different regions of the European Union, the growing popularity of Euroskeptical and populist parties. The author analyzes the influence of these factors and makes a forecast of the results of these elections for the leading pan-European parties, including in the regional context.

Keywords

• european union
• european elections
• european parliament
• electoral programs
• leading candidate
• eurosceptic parties