unique identifier for each country
dummy=west
dummy 1=EU member at timepoint of evaluation
time point of evaluation
number of experts who evaluated this party
unique identifier for this party
Comparative Manifesto Project Party Codes
party abbreviation
vote in national election most prior to Year
national election year for VOTE and SEAT
vote in European Parliament election most prior to Year
party family (confessional and agrarian in separate categories)
government particiation in Year (trichotomous variable)
overall EU position
salience: EU
dissent: European integration
blur: EU position
position: EU benefit
position: strengthening EP powers
position: EU fiscal policy
position: internal market
position: EU employment policy
position: EU budgets
position: EU agricultural spending
position: EU cohesion policy
position: EU environment policy
position: EU asylum policy
position: EU foreign and security policy
position: EU enlargement to Turkey
general left/right position
economic left/right position
salience: economic left/right
dissent: economic left/right
blur: economic left/right
gal/tan or new politics position
salience: gal/tan or new politics dimension
dissent: gal/tan or new politics dimension
blur: gal/tan or new politics dimension
position: spend v. tax
salience: spend v. tax
position: deregulation
salience: deregulation
position: redistribution
salience: redistribution
position: economic intervention
position: civil liberties vs. law and order
salience: civil liberties vs. law and order
position: social lifestyle
salience: social lifestyle
position: role of religious principles in politics
salience: role of religious principles in politics
position: immigration policy
salience: immigration policy
dissent: immigration policy
position: multiculturalism
salience: multiculturalism
dissent: multiculturalism
position: urban vs. rural
salience: urban vs. rural
position: environment
salience: environment
position: cosmopolitanism vs. nationalism
salience: cosmopolitanism vs. nationalism
position: protectionism
position: decentralization to regions
salience: decentralization to regions
position: international security and peacekeeping missions
salience: international security and peacekeeping missions
position: US power in world affairs
salience: US power in world affairs
position: ethnic minorities
salience: ethnic minorities
position: cosmoponationalism vs nationalism
salience: Russian interference
salience: Anti-Islam rhetoric
position: people vs elected representatives
salience: Anti-elite rhetoric
salience: corruption
position: party leadership vs. members
First Most Important Issue
Second Most Important Issue
Third Most Important Issue