Acteurs politiques et gouvernance multi niveaux : le cas des eurodéputés français. BEAUVALLET Willy, MICHON Sébastien
- Willy Beauvallet. Doctorant en Science Politique, GSPE-Prisme (UMR 7012)/IEP de Strasbourg
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Sébastien Michon. Doctorant en Sociologie, CRESS/Université Marc Bloch de Strasbourg, GSPE-Prisme (UMR
7012)/IEP de Strasbourg
Summary: In terms of their political trajectories, MEPs occupy positions at the boundaries of various political spaces, the European, the national and the local. Consequently, most of them operate in several electoral districts at the same time. As intermediaries, they can make themselves known as representatives of the nation-states and, simultaneously, reinforce their position in the local political space. In this way, they reduce uncertainties always very important for reelection at the parliamentary european level. In their activities, MEPs join various political territories and participate in the collective construction of a European political space. In this European political space, European political goods are exchanged between MEPs and local political actors. These political goods can be information on European issues, on institutions or financing, advice and help concerning structural funds, etc. The actions of MEPs also consist in defending the interests of the territories they represent in the European assembly. In their turn, these specific political links condition the MEPs practices inside and outside the European political space.
Mots clés : eurodéputés français, intermédiaires, gouvernance multi niveaux, territoires, espaces politiques, élus locaux
Keywords: French Member of European Parliament, intermediaries, multi-level governance, territories, political space, local political actors.
