party code
year of election
Party EU Position
(mean) membership_bad
Vote Share in National Election
Lagged Party EU Position
lagged average of party system w/0 focal party
Euroskeptic Party
Party in National Govt
Party Ever in National Govt
Niche Party
party familiy based on the founding period of the party
political group
number of seats in european parliament
number of seats in ep by country
average of party system
lagged average of party system
(mean) membership_bad_party
east or west europe?
dummy 1=eu member at time of evaluation
number of experts who evaluated this party
id number
time point of evaluation
party label
vote in national elections most prior to year (national proportion)
q1: position: overall orientation of the party leadership towards european integ
q2: salience: relative importance of ei in the party's overall public stance
q3: dissent: degree of dissent in the party over the party leadership's position
q4: unification (mean q5): stance on future european integration
ep powers (mean q6)
fiscal policy (mean q7)
employment policy (mean q8)
cohesion policy (mean q9)
environment policy (mean q10)
asylum policy (mean q11)
foreign and security policy (mean q12)
general left/.right (q13)
econ left/right (q14)
gal/tan or new politics (mean q15)
general lr (original data 84 from castles&mair, 96 from huber&inglehart or hix&l
dummy 1=rad right family
dummy 1=cons family
dummy 1=liberal family (based on family)
dummy 1= christian-democratic family (based on family)
dummy 1=socialist family
dummy 1=rad left family
dummy 1=green family
dummy 1=regionalist family
dummy
1-3.5=anti, 3.51-4.5=neutral, 4.51+=pro (recoding of q1 on general position on e
Comparative Manifesto Project Party Codes
seat share in national election most prior to Year
national election year for VOTE and SEAT
vote in European Parliament election most prior to Year
government particiation in Year (trichotomous variable)
salience: European integration
dissent: European integration
position: EU benefit
position: strengthening EP powers
position: EU fiscal policy
position: internal market
position: EU employment policy
position: EU agricultural spending
position: EU cohesion policy
position: EU environment policy
position: EU asylum policy
position: EU foreign and security policy
position: EU enlargement to Turkey
position: spend v. tax
salience: spend v. tax
position: deregulation
salience: deregulation
position: redistribution
salience: redistribution
position: civil liberties vs. law and order
salience: civil liberties vs. law and order
position: social lifestyle
salience: social lifestyle
position: role of religious principles in politics
salience: role of religious principles in politics
position: immigration policy
salience: immigration policy
position: multiculturalism
salience: multiculturalism
position: urban vs. rural
salience: urban vs. rural
position: environment
salience: environment
position: cosmopolitanism vs. nationalism
salience: cosmopolitanism vs. nationalism
position: decentralization to regions
salience: decentralization to regions
position: international security and peacekeeping missions
salience: international security and peacekeeping missions
position: US power in world affairs
salience: US power in world affairs
position: ethnic minorities
salience: ethnic minorities