This thesis proposes a sociological and historical study of the inscription into European Community Law of a new political category : that of « political parties at the European level » in the Maastricht Treaty. In order to understand the... more
This thesis proposes a sociological and historical study of the inscription into European Community Law of a new political category : that of « political parties at the European level » in the Maastricht Treaty. In order to understand the various processes that have led to that particular codification, my thesis is based on the study of all actors mobilized in 1989-1992 in the specific context of the two IGCs which prepared the Treaty. It also aims to identify the « discursive formation » in which the « European parties » have been worked out by scholarly discourses, since the beginnings of European integration. This dual approach make us able to show how exactly that codification springs from the positionning of certain actors, between the academic and political fields, which make them able to articulate the space of scholarly discourse with the space of political mobilizations. It also shows the particular influence of German scholars and politicians in these processes.
