Luke, S. orcid.org/0000-0001-6771-8103 (2023) What does it mean to be pro-European? The case of the European centre-left and centre-right in Austria, Germany and the UK. Party Politics, 30 (6). pp. 985-996. ISSN 1354-0688
Abstract
Europhilism has traditionally been associated with centre-left and centre-right parties, those parties that contributed to the development of the EU. However, centrist parties vary in their support of European integration. Yet, we know comparatively little about the extent to which these parties support European integration. Should they be classified as Eurosceptic, or do they continue to support European integration? A comparative analysis of national and European manifestos of centre-left and centre-right parties in Austria, Germany and the UK between 1990 and 2019 shows that pro-European attitudes can be split into three patterns: enthusiast, equivocal and critical Europhiles. These patterns are combined with Vasilopoulou’s patterns of Euroscepticism to create a continuum from support for to opposition to European integration, thereby recognising that centre-left and centre-right party attitudes can change across time. These findings have implications for research on centre-left and centre-right parties’ EU attitudes by identifying the nuances of the pro-European position.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2023. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Euroscepticism; European Integration; European Union; Mainstream Parties; pro-European |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 25 Nov 2024 12:17 |
Last Modified: | 25 Nov 2024 12:17 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13540688231198794 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/13540688231198794 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:220055 |