The Eurosceptic surge and how to respond to it
Pro-Europeans should create space for battles between competing visions of Europe
Cohesion & Governance
14
Apr
European Power
The Eurosceptic surge and how to respond to it
Presentation of “The Eurosceptic surge and how to respond to it”, by Mark Leonard and José Ignacio Torreblanca
Britain’s Bulgaria-Romania phobia
The panic in Britain over prospective Bulgarian and Romanian immigration is based on a misunderstanding of European rules. It is also at odds with the country's best traditions
Europe’s self-hating parliament
The Eurosceptics do not support the existence of the EU and by extension they oppose the European Parliament, into which they are seeking election. If, as polls predict, Eurosceptics emerge with strong support, we may see a “self-hating Parliament” that ultimately wants to secure its own abolition
Does more Merkel mean less Europe?
If Angela Merkel’s astounding electoral success is owed to her synchrony with the average German, then there is every reason to suspect that the new government will not deviate much from the preferences of the median German voter
Merkel’s anti-mandate
This election shows how much Merkel’s pragmatism has sucked the life out of national politics. The result of her victory could be to suck it out of European politics next. Her politics of “small steps” will rule out decisive moves on banking union or debt
The EU’s silent revolution
The eurozone crisis has redrawn the institutional structure of the EU and intergovernmentalism has become a default mechanism to solve problems in an emergency – but that risks backfiring by exacerbating the democratic deficit and crumbling EU unity
The EU’s silent revolution
More intergovernmentalism, more differentiation
The continent-wide rise of Euroscepticism
Europeans are losing faith in the EU
UK Independence Party renews culture wars
UKIP is just a small part of a broader phenomenon spreading across the developed world that resembles a political backlash against globalization and interdependence. But how should mainstream parties respond?