Varhov G. Party and political structure of the European Parliament: institutionalization and influence factors

Object - EU supranational party system; purpose - to identify the features of the party structure of the European Parliament and the impact of party groups on EU policy; methods - system, institutional, informational; novelty - first proposed definition of the concept of "party-political structuring of the European Parliament", which means the party composition and method of organization of Parliament, which are implemented on the basis of the following elements: political groups, pan-European political parties that are members of EP political groups, national political parties; results - can be applied to further comprehensive study of the functioning of pan-European political parties, the formation and activities of EP political groups; in the educational process when developing special courses in "Theory of Political Parties and Party Systems", "Sociology of Political Parties", "Elections and Electoral Systems".