Uncovering the multidimensional nature of modern European politics

Over the last two decades, views on immigration and European integration have become increasingly polarised across Europe. But how has this polarisation affected the dynamics of party competition within individual states? Drawing on an analysis of political developments in Italy and the UK between 2015 and 2020, Stella Gianfreda describes how these two transnational issues illustrate the multidimensional nature of political competition in modern Europe.