Europeanising Greens in an evolving European democracy : roles and limitations

Built upon a methodological assumption that conventional theory of democracy and party politics after some modifications can be applied to analysing the EU politics, this article offers a case study of the European Green Party (EGP) by focusing on its three aspects -political programme, organisational structure and political participation. As the main conclusion, the author argues that the EGP has evolved into a Euro-party by the end of the EP's fifth term in terms of certain standards, yet its roles as a system-maker for the EU's democratic transformation are still very limited.