The Two Sides of Euroscepticism

Kopecký, Petr; Mudde, Cas

doi:10.1177/1465116502003003002

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“…Moreover, Eurosceptism is rooted in the partisan ideology of far left and far right parties, albeit for different reasons. Radical right parties oppose European integration because it erodes national sovereignty and national identity; the radical left resists further integration in Europe owing to its neo-liberal character (Hooghe et al, 2002;Kopecky and Mudde, 2002).…”

Section: The Role Of Extremist Political Entrepreneurs In the Eu Issumentioning

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Sleeping Giant: Fact or Fairytale?

Vries

2007

European Union Politics

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A B S T R A C T Do attitudes towards European integration influence vote choice in national elections -a phenomenon I refer to asEuropean Union (EU) issue voting? Evidence concerning EU issue voting is thus far mixed. Some scholars conclude that an electoral connection exists between European and national politics, whereas others claim that European integration has had very few observable effects on national elections. A resolution emerges when the conditional nature of EU issue voting is acknowledged. Specifically, EU issue voting is more likely to occur in elections in which both the extent of partisan conflict over European integration and the degree of EU issue salience among voters are high. Using a conditional logit model, I illustrate the conditional nature of EU issue voting by comparing UK, Danish, Dutch and German elections between 1992 and 2002.

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Section: The Role Of Extremist Political Entrepreneurs In the Eu Issumentioning

confidence: 99%

Sleeping Giant: Fact or Fairytale?

Vries

2007

European Union Politics

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“…He explained that "people"s concerns" about Europe would drive the UK in a struggle for reforming the EU in a way more favourable to the national interest and consistent with the typical mind of the "practical Eurosceptics" (Cameron, 2012) or "Europragmatics" (Kopecký & Mudde, 2002). Cameron connected the British position to the "growing frustration" of other peoples towards the European integration, that he identified both in the popular demonstrations against the austerity policies in Greece, Spain or Italy and in the doubts emerging in the parliaments of the Member States forced to allocate economic resources in favour of the countries involved in the debt crisis (Cameron, 2013).…”

Section: Appeasing Populism: Cameron's Gamblementioning

confidence: 89%

European Governments and Populist Challenge: Towards an Institutional Reform of the EU?

Quirico¹

2016

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This paper argues that the debate about a possible reform of the EU (or, at least, of the Eurozone) is strictly connected to the role populism plays within the European political systems. In particular, the national governments are inclined to modify the European governance in so far as they perceive the populist movements as a threat for their consensus among the citizens. This interpretation is confirmed by three different approaches emerging in 2010-2015, which are examined in the article: the UK welcomed a part of the populist propaganda and tried to take advantage of it to carry out a radical reform of the EU, re-nationalizing a series of functions; Germany did not focus on the populist rhetoric and defended the current EU model, but recognized the federal goal to which the integration process was addressed; France and Italy, in spite of theoretical divergences about the idea of Europe, shared a strategy meant to defeat populism by strengthening the European institutions and reducing the gap with the citizens.This heterogeneous scenario prevented any agreement on the future of the EU, but the effects of recent eventssuch as migrations and terrorism, potential causes of a new populist offensive-might convince the Member States to rethink their positions.

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“…Besides, a number of studies have seen the EU impact also manifested in the establishment of new political parties, which are principally informed by the debate on EU matters (Ladrech 2001, 7;Hix and Goetz 2001, 11). The emergence of consensus has also been acknowledged in the candidate countries for EU membership (Baun et al 2006, Sedelmeier 2006, while wide Euroscepticism has also been testified, especially during the EU accession process (Kopecky andMudde 2002, Taggart andSzczerbiak 2004). This change of patterns of party competition has also a profound impact on the party programs: EU integration can offer attractive policy templates (Daniels 1998), strengthen existing policy perspectives, or, modify them (Bomberg 2002).…”

Section: Europeanization: a Reviewmentioning

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Europeanization and the Turkish–Cypriot Political Parties: How Europe Matters

Kyris

2012

Turkish Studies

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The paper seeks to investigate the EU effect on the Turkish-Cypriot political parties via a) the prospects for EU integration as part of a united Cyprus and b) the recently commenced Brussels-northern Nicosia interaction. In doing so, the paper engages with the discussion on 'Europeanization' and argues that the EU has affected the Turkish-Cypriot party competition and its outcome. This process of Europeanization is importantly mediated by two specificities of the Turkish-Cypriot case: the centrality of the Cyprus problem in the public debate as well as the international non-recognition and isolation of the Turkish-Cypriots.

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The Two Sides of Euroscepticism

Cited by 387 publications

References 13 publications

Sleeping Giant: Fact or Fairytale?

Sleeping Giant: Fact or Fairytale?

European Governments and Populist Challenge: Towards an Institutional Reform of the EU?

Europeanization and the Turkish–Cypriot Political Parties: How Europe Matters

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