Party Positions in the EP -- p21
| Policy dimension | |
GUE Verts |
Party abbreviation |
UEN |
EDD |
| OVERALL | |||
PES |
ELDR |
EPP |
| Mean __I_______ |
SE | ||||
-----------------------+- |
-+------ |
----- | ||||||
Taxes v. Spending | |
14.6 12.1 |
15.3 |
15.8 |
15.2 |
10.5 |
9.9 |
14.7 |
1.5 |
| |
1.23 0.90 |
0.73 |
0.66 |
0.43 |
1.00 |
1.37 | ||
| |
5.2 3.8 |
3.2 |
2.9 |
1.9 |
3.9 |
5.3 | ||
| I |
18 18 |
19 |
19 |
19 |
15 |
15 | ||
| EU: Authority | |
12.8 14.8 |
14.3 |
14.0 |
14.8 |
17.9 |
19.0 |
14.7 |
1.2 |
| |
0.63 0.76 |
0.65 |
0.72 |
0.56 |
0.53 |
0.33 | ||
| |
2.8 3.4 |
3.1 |
3.4 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
1.5 | ||
| I |
20 20 |
22 |
22 |
22 |
20 |
19 | ||
| EU Federalism | |
11.4 13.1 |
14.6 |
14.6 |
14.9 |
17.5 |
18.7 |
14.6 |
1.4 |
| |
0.76 0.84 |
0.49 |
0.65 |
0.78 |
0.67 |
0.58 | ||
| |
3.2 3.7 |
2.2 |
2.9 |
3.5 |
2.9 |
2.4 | ||
| I |
18 19 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
19 |
18 | ||
| Deregulation | |
15.3 14.1 |
14.5 |
15.9 |
14.9 |
11.3 |
11.6 |
14.6 |
1.0 |
| |
0.90 0.62 |
0.57 |
0.56 |
0.40 |
1.18 |
1.44 | ||
| |
4.2 2.9 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
1.9 |
4.4 |
5.6 | ||
| I |
22 22 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
14 |
15 | ||
| EU Collective Security | |
12.0 11.3 |
14.0 |
11.4 |
14.7 |
16.8 |
17.3 |
13.9 |
1.6 |
| |
0.94 0.86 |
0.62 |
0.80 |
0.66 |
0.63 |
0.87 | ||
| |
3.9 3.6 |
3.0 |
3.8 |
3.2 |
2.9 |
3.9 | ||
| I |
17 18 |
23 |
22 |
23 |
21 |
20 | ||
| Immigration | |
14.5 13.5 |
13.3 |
13.1 |
13.8 |
16.7 |
17.2 |
13.8 |
1.0 |
| |
0.70 1.12 |
0.80 |
0.79 |
0.76 |
0.65 |
0.50 | ||
| |
2.9 4.8 |
3.7 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
2.7 |
2.1 | ||
| I |
17 18 |
21 |
20 |
21 |
18 |
17 | ||
| Environment | |
13.0 19.5 |
14.2 |
13.0 |
12.1 |
8.7 |
9.1 |
13.2 |
2.3 |
| |
0.95 0.18 |
0.39 |
0.53 |
0.56 |
0.97 |
0.94 | ||
| |
4.4 0.8 |
1.8 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
4.0 |
3.9 | ||
| I |
21 20 |
22 |
22 |
22 |
17 |
17 | ||
| Social | |
11.7 14.8 |
12.5 |
13.9 |
12.6 |
10.1 |
9.9 |
12.6 |
1.1 |
| |
0.86 1.15 |
0.78 |
0.86 |
0.85 |
1.14 |
1.34 | ||
| |
3.9 4.9 |
3.5 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
4.6 |
5.2 | ||
| — |
20 18 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
16 |
15 |
+ |
— |
Table 3. Salience of Policy Dimensions, by European Party Group
Note: (Mean, Std. Error, Std. Deviation, N; ranked by importance). “Overall” refers to mean
(and std error) importance of each dimension weighted by party vote share