Title: From’ sexy Men’ to’ socialists Gone Nuts’: The European Union and Estonian Party Politics
Abstract: In the European Union (EU) one can certainly find both sexy men and nutty socialists, although these features do not enter the discourse on EU politics very often. In Estonia, 'sexy men' were one of the most memorable campaign slogans before the accession referendum in 2003, while the 'nutty socialists' of Europe were vigorously lambasted before the first European Parliament elections in 2004. Both were used in expensive campaigns by the leading party in government, Res Publica (see Appendix). The jocular reference to 'more sexy men' was clearly positive, although nine months later the references to socialists bent on creating a European super-state were more cynical, indicating the flexibility of parties' attitudes towards Europe.KeywordsEuropean UnionParty SystemMajor PartyParliamentary ElectionCentre PartyThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
Access and Citation
Cited By Count: 8
AI Researcher Chatbot
Get quick answers to your questions about the article from our AI researcher chatbot