Part I: Case studies. The German Social Democrats / Richard Moeller
The German Christian Democrats / William Paterson
The French Socialists / Alistair Cole
The French Gaullists / James Shields
The British Labour Party / Stephen George and Deborah Haythorne
The British Conservative Party / Peter Morris
The Italian Christian Democrats / Martin Bull
The Spanish Socialists / Richard Gillespie
The Greek Socialists / Susannah Verney.
Part II: Comparative perspectives. Irish political parties and the European Union / Michael Holmes
Scandinavian political parties and the European Union / Lars Svåsand and Ulf Lindström
Western communist parties and the European Union / David Bell
Extreme right-wing parties and the European Union: France, Germany and Italy / Catherine Fieschi, James Shields and Roger Woods
Green parties and the European Union / Wolfgang Rüdig.
Part III: The European Union. How European are European elections? / Julie Smith
Political parties in the European Parliament / Robert Ladrech
The Transnational party federations / Simon Hix.
