United in diversity: examining the diverging attitudes towards the European Union on the ideological fringes

Fagerholm, Andreas

doi:10.1057/s41269-018-0080-6

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“…There have since been several attempts that go beyond this binary conceptualization and reflect better the diversity of Eurosceptic positions across different party families and often even within the same party family (Rovny, 2004; Weßels, 2007; Vasilopoulou, 2011; De Wilde and Trenz, 2012; Colodro et al ., 2018). This diversity has also been noted in the case of radical left parties (RLPs from here on) (Dunphy, 2004; Keith, 2017; Dunphy and March, 2019; Fagerholm, 2019).…”

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“…Such a fine‐grained classification of RLP Euroscepticism is warranted by the high degree of diversity of Eurosceptic positions on the radical left (see Fagerholm, 2019). It is all the more important to make sense of this diversity since it has been widely acknowledged as one of the key factors in the relatively underwhelming transnational co‐operation of this party family (Chiocchetti, 2014; Holmes and Lightfoot, 2016; Keith, 2017; Dunphy and March, 2019).…”

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“…Plan B's position transcends this clear-cut dichotomy by aiming for the former while preparing for the latter. Thus, Disobedient Euroscepticism represents a novel development of party-based Euroscepticism that needs to be conceptually accounted for by adding it as an additional type to the classification proposed by Keith. Such a fine-grained classification of RLP Euroscepticism is warranted by the high degree of diversity of Eurosceptic positions on the radical left (see Fagerholm, 2019). It is all the more important to make sense of this diversity since it has been widely acknowledged as one of the key factors in the relatively underwhelming transnational co-operation of this party family (Chiocchetti, 2014;Holmes and Lightfoot, 2016;Keith, 2017;Dunphy and March, 2019).…”

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Plan B for Europe: The Birth of ‘Disobedient Euroscepticism’?

Bortun

2022

J of Common Market Studies

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Despite attempts in the broader literature to go beyond a binary classification of party-based Euroscepticism, Eurosceptic radical left parties are still generally divided into those advocating reform of the EU and those calling for an exit from the EU. The most notable exception is the classification proposed by Keith (2017), who distinguishes between Rejectionist, Conditional and Expansionist Euroscepticism. However, this article argues that a new form of left-wing Euroscepticism has emerged since 2016, which does not fit with any of the existing classifications. It is the position put forward by 'Plan B for Europe', a transnational initiative of radical left parties, which advocates a disobedient approach towards the EU that simultaneously aims for the reformation of the latter while preparing for a break from it. This is a novel type of party-based Euroscepticism that should supplement Keith's classification.

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Plan B for Europe: The Birth of ‘Disobedient Euroscepticism’?

Bortun

2022

J of Common Market Studies

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“…They diverge on the nature and motivations of their Euroscepticism: radical right parties tend to stress the threat European integration poses to national sovereignty, traditions and identity while radical left parties focus on the economic aspect of European integration and its negative impact on the national welfare state. Furthermore, some argue that within the respective political families there are also differences (Keith, 2018, Vasilopoulou, 2011) as both the radical right and radical left include parties with a variety of positions towards the EU (Fagerholm, 2019).…”

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Towards a unified anti-Europe narrative on the right and left? The challenge of Euroscepticism in the 2019 European elections

Brack¹

2020

Research & Politics

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In the aftermath of a decade of crisis, the 2019 European Parliament elections confirmed the results of the 2014 elections as voters turned away from the traditional political families to vote for parties with a strong message on Europe, including Eurosceptic parties. It further evidenced the normalization of Euroscepticism, which has become a stable component of European politics. But should one talk of Euroscepticism or rather of Euroscepticisms? This contribution focuses on 19 radical right and radical left parties, more specifically the parties from Western Europe belonging to the European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) and the Identity and Democracy (I/D) groups. Through an analysis of the electoral manifestos, it analyses how the European Union has been framed by the parties and whether we can speak of a ‘unified Eurosceptic narrative’. More specifically, this article concentrates on three issues that have been at the heart of the recent crises: the European Union’s reform and how the regime itself is framed in a post-crisis context, the Economic and Monetary Union well as migration and free movement.

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2023

The Palgrave Handbook of Radical Left Parties in Europe

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United in diversity: examining the diverging attitudes towards the European Union on the ideological fringes

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Plan B for Europe: The Birth of ‘Disobedient Euroscepticism’?

Plan B for Europe: The Birth of ‘Disobedient Euroscepticism’?

Towards a unified anti-Europe narrative on the right and left? The challenge of Euroscepticism in the 2019 European elections

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