I am a final-year undergraduate student in the UK. I am currently working on my dissertation answering the question: How do different Eurosceptic parties‘ views differ on European integration? Why?
Because I don‘t know any Swedish, it makes my research beyond academic papers in English on SD and other parties difficult. I came looking for help because of this. I am searching for statements from influential people from SD regarding European integration. For example, someone like Jimmie Akesson, and other high-ranking party elites, whose opinions can be considered reflective of SD' true stances. What do they think of it? This can be anything, I am not concentrating on some specific aspect of European integration. Financial integration, such as common budget, Euro membership. Or political, social aspects, like giving more power to the European Parliament, Commission, any other institution. Their opinion on freedom of movement. Opinions on EU membership as a whole are great too. It does not matter whether their views are on the current state of European integration or the possibility of increasing/lowering it.
The best would be if you linked their statements in Swedish, in a readable format, so I could Google translate them. Not knowing the language makes it more difficult to find such statements. Party elites‘ Twitter accounts, personal blogs, official statements issued by the party, or reputable news sources are all good for something like that. It would be best if these statements were from the last few years, as newer developments receive less attention in academic literature.
So, if you‘re interested in helping me out and got any time to spare, I would really appreciate it, even if it‘s just one tweet. In addition, no need to look for that specifically, but if you know of any academic literature or party statements in English that could well explain the origins of SD's views about European integration, I would appreciate it if you would let me know of that as well in case I miss anything doing research.
Let me know if you have any questions and thanks for all the help!
Hi comrades,
As the title suggests I am looking for some communist literature on eurosceptic views of communists. I used to be pro-EU (to my shame) pre-brexit and although I am now convinced the EU is a capitalist club with no possibility of reform I am curious to see precise rationales on why communists oppose it. Any literature appreciated.
Furthermore, I have struggled to find literature on the European Left bloc in the European Parliament so if there is any information past merely their website on this I would be most grateful.
Thanks all, solidarity.
Why do think it is that way and do you think such viewpoints are popular?
Public discourse on the European Union has been... shallow, to say the least. In the end it often boils down to either "more Europe" or "less Europe", "EU good" or "EU bad", with a few rallying catchphrases going around at most.
In the spirit of trying to understand actual arguments from people who have thought about their views for more than 25 minutes, I have come here to ask, what does Euroscepticism mean to you, and why would you say you are a Eurosceptic? What is the core premise of Euroscepticism?
I could have a few more specific questions, but I don't want to make any assumptions. Instead in the spirit of exchanging ideas, I'll quote a friend on pro-EU sentiment. While it may not be all there is to it, it's not a bad analysis to share!
> The pro-EU camp, even the federalist camp, if you break it all down, is an argument from Good. Being a union is good, it will make us strong, respected, wealthy, secure. It's good.
>Mr Blair said "it would have been better" if Mr Corbyn had just said he was pro-Brexit, in line with his longstanding Euroscepticism. >"When things are really tough in politics, you might as well do what you believe in, because at least you'll be more convincing defending it," he said.
Some other stuff he said:
>Mr Blair insisted his criticism of Mr Corbyn as leader was not an attack on him "as a person".
>But he added: "People saw him as fundamentally opposing what Britain and Western countries stand for."
>Mr Corbyn personified "a brand of quasi-revolutionary socialism - mixing far-left economic policy with deep hostility to Western foreign policy" - and that this combination "never has and never will" appeal to traditional Labour voters, he argued.
>And the far-left "protest movement" which was born out of Mr Corbyn's leadership was supported by "cult trimmings" and was "utterly incapable" of being voted in as a "credible government".
>Turning to allegations of anti-Semitism in Labour, he said: "The failure to deal with it is a matter of disgust that left some of us who voted Labour feeling for the first time in our lives conflicted about doing it."
>He also hit back at Mr Corbyn's claim that Labour's policies were popular, arguing that individual policies, such as renationalising the railways, may have been popular but taken together, the party's manifesto was a "100-page wish list".
>"Any fool can promise everything for free - but the people weren't fooled," he added.
>Mr Blair, won three general elections in a row between 1997 and 2005, said Labour's challenge was to become a "modern progressive coalition" with the ability to win and hold power or admit it had "exhausted its original mission".
>He did not support the idea that the next Labour leader had to be a woman or come from outside London, as some in the party have suggested.
>"What (the public) want is someone who is going to govern the country with a creditable programme," he told the audience.
With the exception of the antisemitism and cultism stuff, which I think is overhyped, I mostly agree with him. What do you guys think?
I have looked at the policies of Union Populaire Républicaine and it seems that other than euroscepticism, they have other controversial policies such as to leave NATO and to stop being an ‘Allied power’.
Is it possible that these policies put people off the UPR and; by extension, euroscepticism?
Or are there far more significant factors that explain why, from an outsider’s perspective, euroscepticism is low in France?
Hello friends! I'm from Portugal, and I'm a student in Political Sciences. I have a work due on the dynamics of Euroscepticism in Germany, and because Germany is so different to what I'm used to work with (a federal and decentralized state), I'm a bit of lost...
I'd like to be able to say how did Euroscepticism evolve in Germany in the later years (2000s-now). What are the main political parties that have euroscepticism as its flag? How did crisis in the european continent (euro debt crisis/migrant crisis) helped shape euroscepticism in your country?
I'm not looking for somebody to make the entire work for me, I just need somebody to point me on the right direction on what and how to search for.
I thank you in advance! And stay safe in these strange, peculiar times.
