Vol. 88 No. 1 (2025): A new normal? The 2024 EP elections amidst old and new challenges
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EU issue voting in the 2024 European elections in Italy: is the sleeping giant awake?

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  • Luca Carrieri,
  • Nicolò Conti,
  • Matteo Giardiello
Luca Carrieri
Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome
Nicolò Conti
Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome
Matteo Giardiello
Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/qoe-17384

Published 2025-10-07

Keywords

  • 2024 European Elections,
  • Italy,
  • EU Issue Voting,
  • Voters,
  • Political Parties

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Carrieri, L., Conti, N., & Giardiello, M. (2025). EU issue voting in the 2024 European elections in Italy: is the sleeping giant awake? . Italian Journal of Electoral Studies (IJES), 88(1), 35–47. https://doi.org/10.36253/qoe-17384

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Abstract

The recent period has been characterized by intense politicization of the EU, particularly amid multiple crises, with challenges to the EU’s legitimacy met by flourishing pro‑EU resilience. In this context, Italy stands out as a particularly informative case, where anti‑EU sentiment and political entrepreneurship have reached unprecedented levels and may have contributed to the electoral success of certain parties. Yet questions remain about the impact of EU issue voting in this country. This article addresses the issue through an analysis of the 2024 European Parliament elections. Using a combination of original data from a mass survey conducted on the occasion of these elections and of expert survey data from CHES, we examine the positional distance between voters and parties on the EU and we relate it to voting. We show that EU issue voting played a significant impact on the vote choice of Italians.

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