JULIET LODGE is Professor of European Studies and Jean Monnet Professor of EU Policy at the University of Leeds where she is director of the Centre for European Studies. European Woman of the Year in 1992, she has published extensively on the European Parliament, Euro-elections, democratic legitimacy and on the EU. She is part of the Britain in Europe team and prepared a report in 1998 on the impact of EMU on national parliaments for the European Parliament.

• List of Tables List of Figures Abbreviations Foreword Notes on the Contributors PART I Invisible, Irrelevant but Insistent? Euro-elections and the European Parliament; J.Lodge The European Parliament 1994-99; R.Corbett The EP Since 1994: Making its Mark on the World Stage; C.Piening PART II Austria; J.Melchior Belgium and Luxembourg; D.Hearl Denmark; H.J.Nielsen Germany; W.E.Paterson & S.Green Greece; K.Featherstone & G.Kazamias Finland; T.Raunio France; D.Howarth Ireland; E.Moxon-Browne Italy; P.Daniels The Netherlands; H.van der Kolk Portugal; J.Magone Spain; J.Gibbons Sweden; K.M.Johansson The United Kingdom; J.Mather PART III The Party System of the European Parliament after the 1999 Elections; T.Raunio European Electoral Systems and Disproportionality; M.Baimbridge & D.Darcy Making the EP Elections Distinctive: A Proposal for a Uniform e -electoral Procedure; J. Lodge A Union Fit to Govern? The Role of the European Parliament and the Commission; J.Lodge Index

JULIET LODGE is Professor of European Studies and Jean Monnet Professor of EU Policy at the University of Leeds where she is director of the Centre for European Studies. European Woman of the Year in 1992, she has published extensively on the European Parliament, Euro-elections, democratic legitimacy and on the EU. She is part of the Britain in Europe team and prepared a report in 1998 on the impact of EMU on national parliaments for the European Parliament.

• List of Tables List of Figures Abbreviations Foreword Notes on the Contributors PART I Invisible, Irrelevant but Insistent? Euro-elections and the European Parliament; J.Lodge The European Parliament 1994-99; R.Corbett The EP Since 1994: Making its Mark on the World Stage; C.Piening PART II Austria; J.Melchior Belgium and Luxembourg; D.Hearl Denmark; H.J.Nielsen Germany; W.E.Paterson & S.Green Greece; K.Featherstone & G.Kazamias Finland; T.Raunio France; D.Howarth Ireland; E.Moxon-Browne Italy; P.Daniels The Netherlands; H.van der Kolk Portugal; J.Magone Spain; J.Gibbons Sweden; K.M.Johansson The United Kingdom; J.Mather PART III The Party System of the European Parliament after the 1999 Elections; T.Raunio European Electoral Systems and Disproportionality; M.Baimbridge & D.Darcy Making the EP Elections Distinctive: A Proposal for a Uniform e -electoral Procedure; J. Lodge A Union Fit to Govern? The Role of the European Parliament and the Commission; J.Lodge Index

JULIET LODGE is Professor of European Studies and Jean Monnet Professor of EU Policy at the University of Leeds where she is director of the Centre for European Studies. European Woman of the Year in 1992, she has published extensively on the European Parliament, Euro-elections, democratic legitimacy and on the EU. She is part of the Britain in Europe team and prepared a report in 1998 on the impact of EMU on national parliaments for the European Parliament.

• List of Tables List of Figures Abbreviations Foreword Notes on the Contributors PART I Invisible, Irrelevant but Insistent? Euro-elections and the European Parliament; J.Lodge The European Parliament 1994-99; R.Corbett The EP Since 1994: Making its Mark on the World Stage; C.Piening PART II Austria; J.Melchior Belgium and Luxembourg; D.Hearl Denmark; H.J.Nielsen Germany; W.E.Paterson & S.Green Greece; K.Featherstone & G.Kazamias Finland; T.Raunio France; D.Howarth Ireland; E.Moxon-Browne Italy; P.Daniels The Netherlands; H.van der Kolk Portugal; J.Magone Spain; J.Gibbons Sweden; K.M.Johansson The United Kingdom; J.Mather PART III The Party System of the European Parliament after the 1999 Elections; T.Raunio European Electoral Systems and Disproportionality; M.Baimbridge & D.Darcy Making the EP Elections Distinctive: A Proposal for a Uniform e -electoral Procedure; J. Lodge A Union Fit to Govern? The Role of the European Parliament and the Commission; J.Lodge Index