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“EUROSKEPTICISM”

“EUROSKEPTICISM”. Or Why The EU Is A Bad Idea According to its Critics. What?. Doubt or opposition in respect to the EU in principle Doubt or opposition in respect to further integration. Where?. Initially most evident in Northern Europe: UK, Sweden, Denmark, Norway

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“EUROSKEPTICISM”

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  1. “EUROSKEPTICISM” Or Why The EU Is A Bad Idea According to its Critics

  2. What? • Doubt or opposition in respect to the EU in principle • Doubt or opposition in respect to further integration

  3. Where? • Initially most evident in Northern Europe: UK, Sweden, Denmark, Norway • Now represented across Europe, notably in, e.g., Poland, Czech Republic

  4. Evidence? • Increasing number of public opinion polls across Europe

  5. Evidence? • Norway has declined to join EU • Switzerland has declined to join EU • Rejection of Constitution by France & Netherlands (2005) • Rejection of Treaty of Nice by Ireland (approved on subsequent vote) • Rejection of Treaty of Maastricht by Denmark (1992) (approved on subsequent vote)

  6. Issues? • Nation-specific, e.g. Norway and fishing industry • Economic: worries about underperformance of eurozone or rigidity of Growth and Stability Pact • Sovereignty/nationalism • “democratic deficit” • Suspicion of uncontrollable government • Opposition to unified foreign/military policy

  7. Evidence? • Swedish rejection of euro in national referendum on September 14, 2003 • Iceland has never applied for membership • Greenland, when given home rule by Denmark, opted out of the EEC (1979)

  8. The Shins “So Says I” • Human nature: “We are the Brutal Kind” • Utopianism: “Tell Thomas More We’ve Got Another Failed Attempt”

  9. Eurosceptics in the EU Parliament • Nigel Farage of UKIP, Part I

  10. Eurosceptics in EU Parliament • Nigel Farage, Part II

  11. Eurosceptics in Parliament • Nigel Farage III

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