Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: political parties and the European Union -- The German Social Democrats -- The German Christian Democrats -- The French Socialists -- The French Gaullists -- The British Labour Party -- The British Conservative Party -- The Italian Christian Democrats -- The Spanish Socialists -- The Greek Socialists -- Irish political parties and the European Union -- Scandinavian political parties and the European Union -- Western communist parties and the European Union -- Extreme right-wing parties and the European Union: France, Germany and Italy -- Green parties and the European Union -- How European are European elections? -- Political parties in the European Parliament -- The transnational party federations -- Index.