'Parties, Party System and Democracy in the EC political system'

摘要

[From the Introduction]. The EC political system is undergoing a process of parliament institutionalization. Started in the Seventies and far from being accomplished, the process depends in a substantial degree on how EP Party Groups organize party co-operation and make for party integration. The paper summarizes the Party Group experience and analyzes the EP party system in order to anticipate party organization and role in the EC political system. In the last part of the paper, attention is devoted to the related issue of EC 'democracy gap'.