Eurosceptics in the European Parliament: isolated and divided in Brussels but driving national debates

Abstract: There is growing concern that Eurosceptic parties could fare very well in the May 2014 European elections. Fears abound that the formation of a strong extreme right and right-populist camp could endanger the functioning of the European Parliament and plunge the EU system into its next political crisis. But past experience with Eurosceptics points in a different direction. The Parliament will continue to function, but at the price of a further weakening of party-political polarisation. What the European Parliament does offer these parties, however, is an attractive public forum to exercise pressure and influence on national politics, which is their actual objective. Ultimately, it is national governing parties that take on board Eurosceptic ideas in fear of electoral defeat and transport them into the Union. (author's abstract)

Alternative title
Europaskeptiker im Europäischen Parlament: in Brüssel isoliert und zerstritten, treiben sie die nationale Europapolitik vor sich her
Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource, 7 S.
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet

Bibliographic citation
SWP Comment ; Bd. 13/2014

Classification
Politik

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Berlin
(when)
2014
Creator
Kietz, Daniela
Ondarza, Nicolai von
Contributor
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-391734
Rights
Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Associated

  • Kietz, Daniela
  • Ondarza, Nicolai von
  • Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit

Time of origin

  • 2014

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