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This chapter examines the electoral stability of the Polish delegation in the European Parliament and its relationship to the national party system. Data from national and European elections in Poland from 2004 to 2019 is used to analyze three main factors: structural stability, stability of inter-party rivalry, and systemic conditions. The analysis shows a high level of cohesion between stability at the European and national levels, indicating the determinant character of national factors.
The text presents the results of research funded under National Science Centre grant no. 2016/23/B/HS5/03750.
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Choroś, B. (2023). Electoral Stability. In: Zuba, K. (eds) The Polish Delegation in the European Parliament. Central and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28271-3_5
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