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PATTERNS OF OPPOSITION IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IBD

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
09 / 2020
9783030536824
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Sinopsis

Is Euroscepticism still suited to analyze the variegated nature of opposition to the EU? Starting from this question, this book critically reviews Euroscepticism, reconceptualizes it in terms of political opposition and discovers, disentangles and explains patterns of EU-opposition within the European Parliament (EP). Distinguishing between 'what the EU does' and 'what the EU is', the research elaborates an index of partiesâÇÖ positioning 'measuring' it through the speeches that partiesâÇÖ deliver in the EP. The EP is the 'perfect laboratory' where decisions concerning EU-policies are taken and the future EU-trajectories are shaped.Besides delineating a set of guidelines categorizing parties, the book concludes that their positioning varies along two main axes: the pro-anti-EU-system and the pro-anti-EU-establishment. From a normative perspective, the research argues for the growing importance of the 'cumulation hypothesis': if criticism remains unheard within the European elitist construct, such criticism will transform itself into rejection.á

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