Kurzbeschreibung
Exploring undereported and often mischaracterized "Euro-sceptic" arguments over the goals and methods of European intergration, this collection brings together "Euro-sceptic", "Euro-pessimistic" and "Euro-phobic" speeches, essays and other documents that illustrate the range of opposition to the European Union. The balancing against the integrationalist goal of federalism, the guide gives a full airing to the various arguements against "ever-closer union". The reader offers classic statements of the "Europe of the Nations" views of Charles de Gaulle and Margaret Thatcher as well as French "sovereignists" such as Charels Pasqua and Jean-Pierre Chevenement, and includes more recent arguments by Michael Portillo and Noel Malcom. There are interviews with and analyses of far-right or "national right" movements and their leaders Jorg Haider and the Austria Freedom party and Jean-Marie Le Pen and the French National front. The special case of Norway - the only country that has said "no" (twice) to EU membership - is analyzed by a Norwegian scholar, and two historians argue that European integration overall is in some sense a great illusion or a misguided "division of the West".
Synopsis
Exploring undereported and often mischaracterized "Euro-sceptic" arguments over the goals and methods of European intergration, this collection brings together "Euro-sceptic", "Euro-pessimistic" and "Euro-phobic" speeches, essays and other documents that illustrate the range of opposition to the European Union. The balancing against the integrationalist goal of federalism, the guide gives a full airing to the various arguements against "ever-closer union". The reader offers classic statements of the "Europe of the Nations" views of Charles de Gaulle and Margaret Thatcher as well as French "sovereignists" such as Charels Pasqua and Jean-Pierre Chevenement, and includes more recent arguments by Michael Portillo and Noel Malcom. There are interviews with and analyses of far-right or "national right" movements and their leaders Jorg Haider and the Austria Freedom party and Jean-Marie Le Pen and the French National front. The special case of Norway - the only country that has said "no" (twice) to EU membership - is analyzed by a Norwegian scholar, and two historians argue that European integration overall is in some sense a great illusion or a misguided "division of the West".
