EP electoral reform: a question of trade-offs

Feb 24, 2011

Corina Stratulat

Associate Director and Head of European Politics and Institutions Programme

Janis A. Emmanouilidis

Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Studies

EU REFORM

Changing the rules of the electoral game has long been considered a prerequisite for enhancing the popular legitimacy of the European Parliament. In this Policy Brief Corina Stratulat and Janis A. Emmanouilidis analyse recent proposals for an electoral reform brought forward by the EP.

Read the full paper here

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