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Now that we have identified the party groups, given an account of how they work and examined the kind of party activity that is called for by the powers of the EP, we can meaningfully evaluate the performance of the party groups in the EP. In order to do this, we will, first, test the cohesion of the individual party groups and, second, examine whether they collectively constitute a coherent and stable party system.
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© 1997 Simon Hix and Christopher Lord
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Hix, S., Lord, C. (1997). Party Groups in the European Parliament: An Evaluation of Their Performance. In: Political Parties in the European Union. The European Union Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25560-3_6
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