Sentences with phrase «euroscepticism on»

Lib Dem enthusiasm for more European integration and the strength of euroscepticism on the Tory backbenches are set to create one of the biggest sticking - points of the coalition government in its four years left in power.

The first problem with the reshuffle in the European context is the removal of checks and balances that, until now, have kept Conservative Euroscepticism on a relatively tight rein.

This was billed as a parade of Tory euroscepticism, and it is that - but what really matters, it seems, is the extent ot euroscepticism on the Labour benches.

Not exact matches

Given the subsequent development of Conservative euroscepticism, it's not hard to see why that decision now weighs so heavily on Major's mind.

[1] For background reading on the history of Conservativism and Euroscepticism, see Turner (2000); Forster (2002); Crowson (2007).

The decision of David Cameron to give in to such demands was thus another attempt to defuse the mobilisation of hard Euroscepticism within the Conservative party and to paper over intra-party divisions on Europe at least until after the 2015 general elections.

He has published on the topic of Euroscepticism in international peer - reviewed journals and edited books.

He is a political sociologist and has published widely on Euroscepticism in the UK.

What differentiates this new wave of opposition from that of a few years ago is that today's frontrunners of euroscepticism are most active on the right of the political spectrum.

Corbyn's traditional Bennite Euroscepticism was nothing new, but many progressives found his failure to resist May's hardline stance on the single market and customs union shocking, particularly as the poorest in society stand to suffer the most.

Euroscepticism is rising on the Continent, but is it enough to aid Cameron's renegotiation?

Nevertheless, he has placed himself on the side of what is sometimes called hard euroscepticism in his clear commitment to leave the EU.

On the left and right there is increasing Euroscepticism, while parties of the centre, although they are generally more favourable to Europe than more extreme parties, are less positive that they have been in the past.

He and I once formed a formidable debating team on the side of Euroscepticism.

«Too often people have assumed that we have got to make the rise of euroscepticism about the mythology of bendy bananas and bans on chocolate, not the fact that the European budget looks like it's suited to the 1950s and not the 21st century,» he added.

Populism and euroscepticism are on the rise everywhere in Europe.

For today's Labour leadership, which has yet to come to a view on its approach to the EU (although it is tempted by moderate euroscepticism), the pledge provides another chance for kicking Cameron: it has already begun.

Offering an in - out referendum on EU membership is the final capitulation to the growing euroscepticism which caused me to leave the Conservative party and join the Liberal Democrats.

The financial transaction tax would be a starting point, and I think the work in time directive, making progress on the temporary agency workers... People say, «what is euroscepticism today» and I say that then majority of colleagues that I speak to agree with what I call growth enhancing euroscepticism — that is those powers being repatriated back that help the British economy and grow jobs.

Now we've all had a chance to reflect on UKIP's local election triumphs, it seems the one thing that commentators across the board have been able to agree on is that Farage's success reflects an elevated wave of euroscepticism among the British population.

Euroscepticism, fanned by the rise of UKIP, is in rude health in the Tory Party, and Redwood, through his blog, on the airwaves, and in the Commons, is one of its loudest champions.

For many on the right, Atlanticism has become synonymous with a self - defeating, virulent Euroscepticism that is bad for Britain.»

It was the «quiet man» who introduced the emphasis on social justice, local democracy and euroscepticism which are the three keys to understanding Cameron.

[26] Founded by Charles Cormack in Edinburgh in January 2014 and registered on 3 April 2014 [27] as a response to UKIP and Euroscepticism, [28][29] the party did not stand [30] and was deregistered in November 2015.

His Euroscepticism and campaigning on human rights are admirable.

Jon Cruddas, the Labour policy chief, is widely thought to view euroscepticism as part of his Blue Labour agenda and even figures like Chuka Umunna have expressed support for an In / Out referendum to settle the issue (I should know - he knocked on my door at election time and told me so).

Next come Priti Patel with her forceful euroscepticism, Rory Stewart with his compelling back - story and foreign policy knowledge, and then Robert Halfon, with his strong campaigning on issues ranging from Libya to fuel prices.

In these times of increasing euroscepticism, critics of the European Union often contest the Union's very raison d'être by referring to measures such as the «Bent Cucumber Regulation» and enquire after its right to legislate and adjudicate on areas that traditionally used to be within the scope of sovereign nation - states.