VII kadencja Parlamentu Europejskiego. Decyzje wyborcze, frekwencja i strategie partyjne

THE MAIN GOAL of the article is not only the reconstruction of the election campaign process to the European Parliament (EP) 2009, but also presenting trends of changes in the electoral environment within the electoral turnout trends, shaped to the supranational level (the so-called political system of the European Union). Previous findings in the behaviors and decisions of the electorate were the domain of national election, which may somewhat hinder the transfer of the same interpretation of new electoral space to the European election context. It is not, however, an entirely new mechanism, but only careful diagnosis of behavior in the political system of the EU in relation to known patterns of national legislature. The authors tried to empirically verify few hypothesis and they summarize the key elements that have influenced the choice of selected parties’ strategies.