Author (Person) | Tilford, Simon |
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Publisher | Centre for European Reform (CER) |
Series Title | Insight |
Series Details | June 2016 |
Publication Date | 22/06/2016 |
Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
There is no doubting the scale of disillusionment with the EU. We’ve seen profound shifts in popular attitudes to it across the continent. Countries that used to be overwhelmingly pro-EU, such as Italy, are now as eurosceptic as Britain. Is this fair? Yes and No. Yes, in that the roots of the EU’s legitimacy crisis lie in the mismanagement of the eurozone and Schengen, and the resulting erosion of popular faith in free movement. Only by sorting out these issues will confidence in the EU be restored. No, in that the problems of the eurozone and Schengen are being used by politicians, especially in Britain and Eastern Europe, to discredit the EU as a whole and to further populist and nationalistic agendas. |
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Source Link | http://www.cer.org.uk/insights/there-legitimate-anger-eu-and-then-there-populism-and-nationalism |
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Subject Categories | Politics and International Relations |
Countries / Regions | Central Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
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