This book analyses in detail the electoral manifestos and programmes presented by twenty-two parties during the European Parliamentary elections in 2009. The research indicates that radical right-wing parties usually have Europhobic impulses, however, radical left-wing parties are, in theory, favourable to European integration, but dispute the direction currently imposed by the EU authorities.

The book evaluates the positions and proposals of the parties in the six most populous countries that have addressed the EU’s so-called «democratic deficit» through a comparative analysis of their political programmes.