Party Views on Differentiated Integration

Abstract

This chapter confirms what political party actors think about their conception of the substantive fairness of differentiated integration (DI) and its democratic credentials. It provides a general overview of the political parties' views on DI, citing recent research that has emerged on how governments and citizens approach DI and political parties' views of DI. It also focuses on how political parties perceive of DI and which factors shape their assessments. The chapter discusses the literature on political parties, European integration, and DI, including an analysis of interviews. It looks at present party views on DI and relate them to the key cleavages that shaped their views.