Released shortly after the 2024 European Parliament elections, this book gathers contributions that analyze the elections from various perspectives. The main objective is to offer a timely assessment of different facets such as electoral systems, electoral campaigns, the public perception of the elections, the role of European parties, determinants of voting behavior, and the consequences of the electoral results for European governance. In addition to analyses from European studies, perspectives from other (sub)disciplines and research areas, such as election, party, communication and governance research, are featured in the volume. The authors, which consist of accomplished academics and civil society actors, present a highly diverse range of analyses, individually very rich and based on solid original research. Taken together, their contributions offer the reader a comprehensive understanding of the issues, parties, and mechanisms behind the European elections of 2024.

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Dr. Michael Kaeding is a Professor of Political Science (specialization: European Integration and European Union Politics) and Vice-Dean of Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany), as well as Director of Studies at the Department of European Political and Governance Studies, College of Europe in Bruges (Belgium). He has published in various leading international journals and book series with Springer Nature.

Dr. Manuel Müller is a Senior Research Fellow in the European Union research program at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki (Finland). Since 2011, Manuel has run the blog "Der (europäische) Föderalist". He has published several monographs and edited volumes, among others for Springer Nature.

Dr. Alexander Hoppe is a lecturer and post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Political Science and the Department of European Integration and European Politics at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany). He has published in international academic journals.