Engaging the disengaged? Explaining the participation of Eurosceptic MEPs in trilogue negotiations

Figures & data

Figure 1. Strategies of mainstream and Eurosceptic groups. Source: Own elaboration.

Table 1. Survival of amendments for the Landfill Directive.

EPP	S&D	ALDE	Greens	GUE/NGL	ECR	M5S	EFDD	ENF	Total
Total EP amendments
14	51	15	3	30	26	13	0	12	164
8,54%	31,1%	9,15%	1,83%	18,3%	15,85%	7,93%	0	7,32%	100
Amendments incorporated in EP report
1	20	5	0,5	6	7,5	0	0	1	41
2,44%	48,8%	12,2%	1,22%	14,63%	18,29%	0	0	2,44%	100
Amendments incorporated in adopted text
0	7	2	0,25	1,5	1	0,25	0	0	12
0	58,33%	16,67%	2,08%	12,5%	8,33%	2,08%	0	0	100

Sources: European Parliament (2016a, 2016b, 2017g, 2018b).

Table 2. Survival of amendments for the Qualifications Regulation.

EPP	S&D	ALDE	Greens	GUE/NGL	ECR	M5S	EFDD	ENF	EPP*ECR	GUE/NGL*Greens	EPP*EFDD	EFDD*ENF	Total
Total EP amendments
67	112	56	157	149	99	42	56	15	36	7	1	1	798
8,4%	14,04%	7,02%	19,67%	18,67%	12,41%	5,26%	7,02%	1,88%	4,51%	0,88%	0,13%	0,13%	100
Amendments incorporated in EP report
14	93	33	57	68	4	24	0	0	8	1	0	0	302
4,64%	30,79%	10,93%	18,87%	22,52%	1,32%	7,95%	0	0	2,65%	0,33%	0	0	100
Amendments incorporated into four-column document
6	37,75	11	16,25	21,75	1	6	0	0	3,75	0	0	0	103,5
5,8%	36,47%	10,63%	15,7%	21,01%	0,97%	5,8%	0	0	3,62%	0	0	0	100

Sources: European Parliament (2017a, 2017b, 2017c, 2017d). Note: The four-column document is not publicly available.