Sentences with phrase «eurosceptic leaders»

Cammy seems like one of the more Eurosceptic leaders we've had of late.

Apart from one major speech, he has kept a low profile on the issue and is regarded as the most Eurosceptic leader of the party in a generation.

Some German youths are looking to British Eurosceptic leader Nigel Farage for inspiration in the lead - up to the European parliamentary elections on 25 May.

Butrecriminations are already flying within Labour about whether the party, and in particular its instinctively Eurosceptic leader, have fought hard enough to try to keep Britain in the EU.

«This package is without doubt a tragic mistake, a misunderstanding of nature and an unnecessary limitation of human activity,» the outspoken Eurosceptic leader added.

Not exact matches

An unapologetic pro-European, Macron beat far - right, eurosceptic National Front leader Marine Le Pen in the election run - off and has since sought to kickstart a drive towards greater euro zone integration.

The official Brexit campaign group accused ITV of a «stitch up» for selecting the Ukip leader, who has always supported rival eurosceptic group Leave.EU.

Indeed, as EU observers have been noting, the more extreme eurosceptic Conservative noises off from Westminster have been anticipating — in the event of a «Yes» win - the end of Cameron, a caretaker leader until the May 2015 general election and a Labour victory.

But the Ukip leader later said the star's protest was «absolutely disgusting» as he tried to claim that Geldof and his allies were attacking fishermen, rather than eurosceptic politicians.

Many of those backing eurosceptic John Baron's amendment to the Queen's Speech regretting the lack of an EU referendum bill believe the UK will not be able to secure any agreement from European leaders on a fresh set of terms for British membership - making Cameron's strategy of attempting to seek agreement unrealistic.

To appease Eurosceptics, Conservative leader will set out tough new stance on European relations

The UKIP leader also rejected any suggestion that his own party had been abusing the expenses system in the European Parliament by using the money for eurosceptic campaigns.

Forget vanquishing Napoleon; the Tory leader, once despised by eurosceptics, is now the anointed saviour of a continent.

Those Eurosceptics are the handful of people who now run the country, the rebels on Europe who harassed successive Tory party leaders and who now bully those who question «the will of the people».

In previous years Tory eurosceptics have been the bane of their leaders.

I've always considered it a great irony that Tory leaders have been eurosceptics themselves.

The accusation is embarrassing for Tory leader David Cameron, who insisted the Tory MEPs form a group with other Eurosceptics.

Jacob Rees - Mogg, a Conservative backbencher and leader of the Eurosceptic European Research Group, said customs union membership was unacceptable to leading Brexit supporters and accused Philip Hammond, the chancellor, of undermining Britain's departure from the EU.

While several MPs worry out loud about how the party's Europhilia may damage their electoral prospects, the leader Nick Clegg has decided to dress his reformist zeal in Eurosceptic clothes.

The UKIP leader was profiled in The Observer today and kept the door open for some sort of arrangement with Tory Eurosceptics.

McDonnell, an open Eurosceptic, denied suggestions he and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had not campaigned hard enough for a Remain vote, saying they had been honest with voters about their reservations.

«Do I happen to think that it would probably be a eurosceptic who would be the next leader of the party?

But intense pressure from eurosceptic Tory backbenchers and the growing threat from Ukip have forced the Conservative leader to prepare for a major shift in his traditionally balanced approach to the issue.

In 2005, when campaigning to become leader, he promised Eurosceptic MPs he would quit the federalist European People's party (EPP).

Effectively, the head - to - head between the pro-EU Liberal Democrat leader and the Eurosceptic frontman has started a «phoney» referendum campaign, even in the absence of a referendum.

Some of the other Conservative «rebels» on Lords reform are more generally opposed to Cameron's leadership and the coalition, blaming their leader for failing to win a clear majority in 2010 and failing to pursue the more populist eurosceptic and anti-immigrant positions of his predecessors (who were actually much less successful in general election terms).

Sadly, if predictably, this has failed to secure them and their leader the undying affection of their Conservative partners, as anyone who witnessed Tory Eurosceptics baiting Nick Clegg when he stood in for David Cameron at PMQs yesterday can attest.

Since his election as Conservative leader in 2005 he has been held hostage by the eurosceptic wing of his party.

Launching their manifesto this morning, UKIP leader Lord Pearson of Rannoch has announced that not only is his party making a conscious decision not to stand in a handful of seats held by what he defined as «committed eurosceptics» in the last Parliament, but that UKIP will «actively campaign» for them.

Contrary to his previous Eurosceptic claims and despite being one of the ring leaders of the so - called 81 rebellion, on 31 January 2016, he declared himself a «reluctant inner», supporting Britain's membership of the EU.

David Cameron is urging fellow European Union leaders to embrace reform, as mainstream parties fight to salvage their positions after the spectacular success across the continent of eurosceptic parties.

The Tory leader's pledge was an attempt to get Eurosceptic MEPs alongside and bring some consistency to the party policies.

The leader of the opposition said: «My position is no — we don't want an in / out referendum,» causing some of his own eurosceptic backbenchers to gasp.

The eurosceptic Rees - Mogg also suggested that the Tories would not elect as leader anyone who had backed the In campaign for remaining in the European Union.

The Ukip leader said eurosceptic parties on the right and left would fail to win enough support to put a real block on the European parliament.

Mr Clegg seemed as irritated by the approach of European leaders as he was by the lobbying of eurosceptic backbenchers.

The fiercely Eurosceptic Commons Leader's attack on the EU's direction of travel was no surprise in its content.

After playing up last week, Commons leader and top cabinet eurosceptic Chris Grayling has now given David Cameron some reasons to be nice to him.

In an open letter to party leader Nigel Farage, Tory donor Michael Ashcroft said the eurosceptic party was acting against its own interest by challenging the Conservatives.

It is perfectly reasonable that he wishes to postpone any action on the EU question at present, as he describes the European leaders as preoccupied with «fighting the fire» in the eurozone, but it would be in Cameron's interest to slide off the fence in this instance, or to stop leaping back and forth over it, in order to allow a focused, informed debate to develop, without eurosceptics and europhiles alike having to second - guess his every future decision on the subject.

Andrew Duff, leader of the Lib Dems in the European parliament, said he was sorry to lose Mr Karim and had not had him down as a Eurosceptic.

In response to Boris Johnson's rejection of their advances, one bullish Tory MP said, «Whether we win or lose [the referendum], the next leader of the Conservatives will be a eurosceptic».

Leaders of the EU's 27 member states will negotiate potential treaty changes on December 9th, in a summit which will be the focus of intensive scrutiny from eurosceptic Conservatives.

After reporting UKIP's latest attempt to woo Eurosceptic Tories, the main leader in today's Telegraph warns the Tory leader to «heed the threat of UKIP.»

A leading Tory Eurosceptic said that the prime minister's defeat had shot to pieces his strategy of renegotiating Britain's membership terms with other EU leaders before a referendum.

Five candidates including frontrunner Diane James are in the running to become the next leader of the eurosceptic party.

The former Tory leader could even be sacked from the Cabinet altogether, as could Eurosceptic Culture Secretary John Whittingdale.

Anne Marie Waters was banned from being a candidate for the Eurosceptic party during their disastrous general election campaign after former leader Paul Nuttall said her views go «above and beyond party policy»

The eurosceptic MEP dropped a hint earlier this week that he could rejoin the Conservative Party after he finally steps down as Ukip leader.

Sir Bill Cash, a veteran eurosceptic, said the Tory leader had been guilty of peddling «monumentally misleading propaganda».