Overview
- Analyses the strategies and impacts of Eurosceptic Members of the European Parliament (MEPs)
- Compares and contrasts Eurosceptic MEPs across various countries as well as national parties
- Makes considerations on the integration of the EU and its legitimacy at a time of particular upheaval
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics (PSEUP)
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The book provides an in-depth analysis of Eurosceptics’ strategies in the European Parliament. It explores the paradoxical situation of Eurosceptic MEPs: particularly successful during EP elections, how then, once elected, do they operate in a political system they oppose? This book analyses how Eurosceptic MEPs conceive and carry out their mandate within the institution. On the basis of more than 100 interviews, it proposes a typology of four strategies developed by these actors. It also explains the diversity of Eurosceptics’ strategies, showing the relevance of the interaction between the institutional context and the individuals’ preferences. With the growing success of Eurosceptic parties and the challenges they pose to the future of integration, this study also reflects on the consequences of their presence for the EP and for the legitimacy of the EU. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of European politics, European integration, comparative politics, legislative studies and political parties.
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Keywords
- Euroscepticism in the European Parliament
- Eurosceptic Members of the European Parliament
- MEPs opposing the EU
- Eurosceptic parties
- European integration
- leglislative politics in the EU
- political representation beyond the nation state
- political representation in the European parliament
- oppositions to the EU
- Eurosceptic influence in the European parliament
- strategies of Eurosceptic MEPs
- Impact of Eurosceptic MEPs
- Opposing Europe in the European Parliament
- European Union politics
Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Reviews
“Nathalie Brack’s book is a timely and significant contribution to our understanding of opposition to Europe. Relying on an impressive amount of empirical data, it offers a comprehensive and insightful analysis of the attitudes, behavior and strategies of Eurosceptic MEPs. A must read for anyone interested in EU affairs but also more broadly, in the activities of anti-system actors in democratic political systems.” (Professor Olivier Costa, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium)
“Euro-sceptics in the European Parliament are as diverse as the European landscape, whether we analyse their role conceptions, attitudes to the EU, or parliamentary practices. Instead of wishing them away, those committed to the European project should embrace them for their democratic footprint, as the living proof that opposition is possible in the European Union. The conclusions reached by Nathalie Brack in this fascinating book offering the first systematic analysis of Eurosceptic MEPs deserve a central place in our contemporary debates on the future of Europe.” (Professor Kalypso Nicolaïdis, University of Oxford, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Nathalie Brack is currently FNRS Researcher and Lecturer in political science at the Cevipol, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium. Her PhD dissertation on Eurosceptic MEPs was awarded the Xavier Mabille Prize of the Belgian Political Science Association and was shortlisted for the 2014 ECPR Jean Blondel prize. Her research interests include Euroscepticism, EU politics and institutions, and legislative studies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Opposing Europe in the European Parliament
Book Subtitle: Rebels and Radicals in the Chamber
Authors: Nathalie Brack
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60201-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Limited 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-60199-5Published: 06 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95631-9Published: 23 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-60201-5Published: 20 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2662-5873
Series E-ISSN: 2662-5881
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 213
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: European Union Politics, Legislative and Executive Politics, Comparative Politics