COUNTRY     Country name
EPELEC      Turnout in the EP elections
EPYEA       Year of the EP elections
NPELEC      Turnout in previous national parlimentary elections
NPYEAR      Year of the previous nat. parl. elections
NETSUP      Net support for the EU membership (%Yes-%no)
UPTIME      Time until next parliamentary elections (in months)
TIME        Time since last parliamentary elections (in months)
CONCURR     1=other elections were held simultanously with the EP elections
DIFFEREN    epelec-npelec
ITALCOMP    dummy for Italy pre 1993 (i.e. voting compulsory)
LIST        1=strict party lists are used
COMPULSO    1=voting is compulsory
NETPAYER    Country is a net payer in EU budget
NETRECEI    Country is a net receiver in EU budget
CONSTITU    1=country is divided into multiple constituencies
RESTDAY     1=elections held during weekend
SEATS       number of seats in the EP 
SEATTOT     total number of seats in the EP
SEATSHAR    % of seats in the EP
FIRSTIME    first EP elections in the country
ARRIVAL     first EP elections in the new member countries
Y1999       1999 dummy 
LNEP        logit transformation of epelec                                                                
LNNP        logit transformation of npelec
LNDIFF      lnep-lnnp
rest of the variables are country dummies