Teperoglou, E. – To Archeio https://toarcheio.org To Archeio project site Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:29:50 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 Realignment under Stress: The July 2015 Referendum and the September Parliamentary Election in Greece https://toarcheio.org/items/realignment-under-stress-the-july-2015-referendum-and-the-september-parliamentary-election-in-greece/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:44 +0000 http://arc.local/items/realignment-under-stress-the-july-2015-referendum-and-the-september-parliamentary-election-in-greece/ Continued]]> The victory of the radical-left SYRIZA in the September 2015 election confounded expectations given the failure of the SYRIZA–ANEL government formed in January either to deliver on its central promise of reversing austerity policies or to capitalise on its major victory in the July referendum. The article examines both the election and the referendum that preceded it, offering an explanation for SYRIZA’s victory. It also attempts to trace the trajectory of the current party system in Greece and its ongoing realignment process in light of the 2015 electoral contests and the busy political timeline since the formation of the first SYRIZA–ANEL government.

]]> Awakening the Sleeping Giant in Greece and Portugal? Elites’ and Voters’ Attitudes towards EU Integration in Difficult Economic Times https://toarcheio.org/items/awakening-the-sleeping-giant-in-greece-and-portugal-elites-and-voters-attitudes-towards-eu-integration-in-difficult-economic-times/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:25 +0000 http://arc.local/items/awakening-the-sleeping-giant-in-greece-and-portugal-elites-and-voters-attitudes-towards-eu-integration-in-difficult-economic-times/ Continued]]> This article explores the extent to which the economic crisis and political responses of the European Union (EU) to austerity policies have contributed to Euroscepticism in Greece and Portugal. We analyse attitudes towards the EU at both voter and elite levels using fresh and innovative data, and by comparing them with data from surveys conducted before the crisis we show assessments of austerity and the bailouts are feeding elite and voter Euroscepticism. In both countries there are signs of a crisis of representation with greater voter–elite incongruence in the representation of EU issues than before the bailout.

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