The Role(s) of the Eurosceptic MEPs

Brack Nathalie, Costa Olivier

This chapter focuses on the resistance movements provoked by the European integration within the European Parliament. More particularly, it addresses 3 questions: How is it possible to describe Eurosceptic MEPs? Beyond their political affiliations, are there any converging points of reference in their way of thinking, their rhetoric or their attitudes? From a sociological perspective, how can we define the typical role of the Eurosceptic MEP? The chapter proposes a definition of euroscepticism along two axis and four ideal-types of parliamentary roles for Eurosceptic MEPs.

Type Book part
Identificateur urn:isbn:9783866491458
Language En
Length 253 272
Themes
  • Europe as a Community of Norms and Values
Discipline(s)
  • Institutions internes des états
  • Intégration et coopération européenne
  • Opinion publique partis groupes de pression
  • Partis politiques groupes de pression
  • Science politique générale
Publisher Barbara Budrich Publishers
Publication date 2009
Keywords
  • euroscepticism
  • parliamentary roles
  • Euroscepticisme
  • Union européenne
ULB Institutional Reference http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/44838