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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Политология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-1438</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-1446</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">31117</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1438-2022-24-2-303-316</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>REGIONAL ETHNO-NATIONALISM: CONFLICT AND COALITION POTENTIAL</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>РЕГИОНАЛЬНЫЙ ЭТНОНАЦИОНАЛИЗМ:   КОНФЛИКТНЫЙ И КОАЛИЦИОННЫЙ ПОТЕНЦИАЛ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Ethno-Regional Parties in the European Parliament: The Unevident Political Actor</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Этнорегиональные партии в Европарламенте: неочевидный потенциал политической субъектности</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1349-8659</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Eremina</surname><given-names>Natalia V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Еремина</surname><given-names>Наталья Валерьевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Professor of Department of International Relations</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>профессор факультета международных отношений</p></bio><email>nerem78@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Saint-Petersburg State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2022-05-30" publication-format="electronic"><day>30</day><month>05</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>24</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">World Politics and International Security Facing New Nationalism</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Мировая политика и международная безопасность  перед вызовами нового национализма</issue-title><fpage>303</fpage><lpage>316</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-05-30"><day>30</day><month>05</month><year>2022</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2022, Eremina N.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2022, Еремина Н.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Eremina N.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Еремина Н.В.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/31117">https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/31117</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">Ethno-regional parties play a vital role in the conflict between the center and the ethnic regions, which is relevant for all modern multiethnic EU states. The European integration allows these parties to participate in the regional policy of the EU (contributing to the decentralizing reforms in the member states), as well as to interact within Euroregions and on communitarian platforms, such as the European Parliament. This article aims to clarify if this ethno-regionalist faction is able to influence the integration processes in Europe, and to what extent. To achieve this goal, we need to answer the following questions: how can the ethno-regionalists be described from a theoretical point of view? What is the dynamic of their development within the European Parliament, considering the historical retrospective? What are their current ideological attitudes that allow them to maintain unity and achieve success? The article is based on the author’s concept of cultural-territorial differentiations, which points the correlation between the political ethno-regional movement and the existing ethnocultural features and historical territory. The author concludes that it was Europeanization that led to the strengthening of the ethno-regional movement in Europe as it made the question of the ethno-regional collective response relevant. Therefore, ethno-regionalists are an essential element of every political system at the national and supranational levels. At the same time, the historical evolution and experience of European regionalists prove that they cannot constitute an independent and autonomous political force at the supranational level as their cooperation depends on various legal and political circumstances occurring on the state level.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Каждое современное многоэтничное государство, входящее в состав Европейского союза, регулярно сталкивается с необходимостью решать проблему конфликта по линии «центр - этнический регион». Важнейшей политической силой в этом конфликте являются этнорегиональные партии. В условиях евроинтеграции они получили возможность участвовать как консультирующая сторона в региональной политике ЕС (что способствовало реформам, направленным на децентрализацию в странах-членах), а также право на взаимодействие в рамках еврорегионов и на коммунитарных площадках, среди которых по степени значимости выделяется Европарламент. Цель статьи - ответить на вопрос о возможностях и функционале влияния фракции этнорегионалистов на процессы европейской интеграции. В статье использован авторский концепт культурно-территориальных дифференциаций, который напрямую связывает политическое этнорегиональное движение с факторами наличия этнокультурных особенностей и исторической территории. Автор приходит к выводу, что именно европеизация (в ходе развития которой устоялась идея Европы регионов и народов) привела к усилению этнорегионального движения в Европе, актуализировав вопрос этнорегионального коллективного ответа. Поэтому этнорегионалисты - важнейший элемент политической системы на национальном и наднациональном уровнях. При этом именно историческая эволюция и практика деятельности европейских регионалистов доказывает, что они не могут представлять собой независимую и самостоятельную политическую силу на наднациональном уровне, так как их сотрудничество зависит от множества обстоятельств правового и политического характера, определяемых уже на уровне государств.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>European Free Alliance</kwd><kwd>ethno-regional parties</kwd><kwd>European integration</kwd><kwd>European Parliament</kwd><kwd>communitarian space</kwd><kwd>nationalism</kwd><kwd>separatism</kwd><kwd>secession</kwd><kwd>autonomy</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Европейский свободный альянс</kwd><kwd>этнорегиональные партии</kwd><kwd>евроинтеграция</kwd><kwd>Европейский парламент</kwd><kwd>коммунитарное пространство</kwd><kwd>национализм</kwd><kwd>сепаратизм</kwd><kwd>сецессия</kwd><kwd>автономия</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Eremina, N. 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