Chapter 15 Answer guidance

1) What is Euroscepticism?

See section 15.1

  • A term first used to describe British Prime Minister Thatcher in 1986
  • Also used to describe increasingly negative German public opinion about Europe in 1992
  • In academic discourse, the term has tended to refer to ‘doubt and distrust on the subject of European integration’.
  • Distinguish between ‘hard’ (principled opposition to the EU and European integration) and ‘soft’ (not principled objection, but concerns about particular policy areas) Euroscepticism
  • Contrast with ‘healthy’ Euroscepticism, ‘Euroneutral’, and ‘pro-systemic opposition’
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