How convincing is the argument that the twin process of European integration and globalisation has contributed to a large extent to the rise of regionalist parties?

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In this document we will first understand the concept of regionalist parties. Then, we will critically examine the elements that contribute the correlation between the rise of those parties and the constitution of supranational entities in a globalized economy. We will observe the reasons why regionalist parties are emerging in the framework of an overall opposed trends, that is the European globalization and integration processes, taking into account the fact that these trends can hamper regional development.

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[...] Second, France, Great Britain and Italy (for 3/4 of the seats) are the only European countries using a plurality system for their general elections. But for the European elections, these three countries have adopted a multi-member system.[18] These differences in electoral rules should work in favour of regionalist parties: with an equal number of votes at the European and general elections, they should receive a number of seats in Strasbourg more in proportion to their electoral support. In fact, if one compares the degree of disproportionality[19] (the percentage in terms of votes minus the percentage in terms of seats) at the 1999 European elections to the preceding general elections, the degree of disproportionality is -for all regionalist parties except for the SFP- lower at the European elections. [...]