Euroscepticisms: The Historical Roots of a Political Challenge: 36 (European Studies)

Euroscepticism has become a political challenge of imposing size. Almost every major European country has a political party that is openly opposed to the EU. This book aims to investigate the historical origins of Euroscepticism in an apposite range of EU countries. Euroscepticism has become a political challenge of imposing size. The belief that the EU would continue, inexorably, to increase its responsibilities, its membership, and its credibility with the electorates of Europe seems like a pipedream. Almost every major European country now has a political party (whether of the left or right) that is openly opposed to the EU's institutions and core policies. However, a political phenomenon on this scale did not spring up, mushroom-like, overnight. Sentiments, attitudes and political standpoints against the European Union have deep roots in the national histories of the various member states. This book assembles a group of scholars from across Europe to investigate the long-term origins and causes of Euroscepticism in an apposite range of EU countries. Contributors are: Gabriele D'Ottavio, Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni, Mark Gilbert, Adéla Gjuričová, Simona Guerra, Thorsten Borring Olesen, Daniele Pasquinucci, Emmanuelle Reungoat, Paul Taggart, Antonio Varsori, and Hans Vollaard.-- Provided by publisher Euroscepticism has become a political challenge of imposing size. The belief that the EU would continue, inexorably, to increase its responsibilities, its membership, and its credibility with the electorates of Europe seems like a pipedream. Almost every major European country now has a political party (whether of the left or right) that is openly opposed to the EU's institutions and core policies. However, a political phenomenon on this scale did not spring up, mushroom-like, overnight. Sentiments, attitudes and political standpoints against the European Union have deep roots in the national histories of the various member states. This book assembles a group of scholars from across Europe to investigate the long-term origins and causes of Euroscepticism in an apposite range of EU countries. Contributors are: Gabriele D'Ottavio, Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni, Mark Gilbert, Adela Gjuricova, Simona Guerra, Thorsten Borring Olesen, Daniele Pasquinucci, Emmanuelle Reungoat, Paul Taggart, Antonio Varsori, and Hans Vollaard Euroscepticisms: The Historical Roots of a Political Challenge Copyright Contents Introduction 1 Euroscepticism and European Integration: A Historical Appraisal 2 Exploring the Long-Term and Short-Term Causes of Euroscepticism: The Roots of French Opposition to European Integration 3 Beyond Euroscepticism: Italian Criticism of European Integration 4 Contesting Europe: German Opposition to European Integration in Historical Perspective 5 Dutch Europhilia: A Deviation from a Long-standing Eurosceptic Tradition? 6 The Intellectual Origins of Brexit: Enoch Powell, Douglas Jay and the British Dissenting Tradition 7 Danish Euroscepticism and Its Changing Faces/Phases, 1945-2018 8 Backdoor Colonialism or Anchor of Modernity? A Short History of Ideas about European Integration within the Greek Left 9 The Historical Roots of Euroscepticism in Poland 10 The Scepticism of a Latecomer: Modern Czech Views of Europe 11 Failing the European Rorschach Test? European Integration and Euroscepticisms Index