A major textbook for comparative courses on European politics and for courses on the European Union, providing a panoramic survey of the political parties of Europe.

Part 1: 1. Political Parties and the European Union Case Studies 2. The German Social Democrats 3. The German Christian Democrats 4. The French Socialists 5. The French Gaullists 6. The British Labour Party 7. The British Conservative Party 8. Italian Christian Democracy 9. The Spanish Socialists 10. The Greek Socialists Part 2. Comparative Perspectives 11. Irish Political Parties and European Union 12. Scandinavian Political Parties and the European Union 13. Western Communist Parties and the European Union 14. Extreme Right-Wing Parties and the European Union 15. Green Parties and the European Union Part 3. The The European Union 16. How European are the European Elections? 17. Political Parties in the European Parliament 18. The Transnational Party Federations