Sentences with phrase «eurosceptics such»

At the European level, the party allied itself with moderate Eurosceptics such as the British Conservative Party, the Czech Civic Democrats and the Polish Law and Justice, and sits on the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the European Parliament.

The best example of this trend is Andrea Leadsom who has gained almost 90 % of her support from leave MPs, including prominent Eurosceptics such as Bill Cash and Andrew Rosindell.

Not exact matches

«Seeing the Eurosceptics» dream come true must have triggered a reaction in people who usually criticise the EU and blame it for decisions such as austerity measures.

For instance, men are much more likely to support Eurosceptic parties such as UKIP and national independence movements such as those in Scotland or Catalonia.

That is indeed true, to date, however, they have failed to provide a clear vision of how such vision shall be delivered, not least because of the fear of the disapproval of their increasingly Eurosceptic electorate.

At domestic level the democratic crisis evolved instead into a political crisis which translated into the appointment of technical governments in countries such as Italy and Greece, and in the rise or strengthening of nationalistic and eurosceptic movements in several EU Member States.

Eurosceptic backbenchers such as Iain Duncan Smith buzzed and hissed behind him.

And the new intake of Conservative MPs included many hard Eurosceptics, such as James Cleverly.

The Tories will either become non-attached MEPs, an ineffectual rump with zero influence, or they will have to cobble together an alliance with new eurosceptic parties such as the eurosceptic German AfD party, a move which would deeply sour relations with Ms Merkel.

However the EU is not always at the forefront of voters» minds: although eurosceptics are frequently vocal in their opposition to the EU, the empirical evidence suggests that, overall, European voters don't consider the EU as an important issue unless events bring it to their attention (such as the signing of a new treaty).

Why would a supposedly «pro-European» government stand shoulder to shoulder with the Socialist opposition, who are staunchly pro-Russian and Eurosceptic, in promoting such electoral reforms?

Eurosceptics in Britain remain deeply suspicious of Van Rompuy's motives, however, and fear the implications of such changes for the single market and national parliaments could be significant.

In his forthcoming speech on freedom of movement in the EU it is highly unlikely that the prime minister will make such a reckless promise as the one demanded by Paterson but he will surely try to placate the Eurosceptics in by shedding some light on his negotiating strategy.

He claimed David Cameron's Tories were far from eurosceptic and were seeking to prevent such candidates being selected in winnable seats.

On the Labour side, for example, prominent non-Corbynites and former Shadow Cabinet members such as Yvette Cooper, Hilary Benn, Mary Creagh and Rachel Reeves will chair committees, while the list of Conservative party chairs and candidates is significantly more liberal and less Eurosceptic than the party leadership, with Tom Tugendhat, Robert Halfon and Nicky Morgan joining fellow Remainers Damian Collins, Sarah Wollaston, Bob Neill and Neil Parish.

In addition, if the Prime Minister can obtain concessions on constitutional issues such as more powers for national parliaments, the removal of the much hated reference to «ever closer union» in the EU treaties or even the promise to renegotiate a new EU treaty at a later stage, he can perhaps persuade another handful of Tory eurosceptics to campaign to remain in the EU.

The likelihood of Cameron obtaining most of what he has asked for in the negotiation might be sufficient to win the support of eurosceptic cabinet ministers such as Michael Gove, Sajid Javid and Oliver Letwin.

The group pressing for an early concession on Cameron's referendum believe that such a move would ease the pressure on them from Eurosceptics in their constituencies and would help them on the doorsteps to deal with anger about EU immigration.

Some eurosceptics want the government to legislate to guarantee such a vote will take place, but the prime minister has dismissed as unnecessarily binding.

The new museum is expected to celebrate Eurosceptic heroes who challenged Britain's EU membership, ranging from Labour leftwingers Peter Shore and Tony Benn in the 1970s to Tory Maastricht rebels such as Bill Cash and Teddy Taylor in the 1990s.

On the Today programme, presenter Sarah Montague noted that Howard — along with Peter Lilley and Michael Portillo — was part of the trio of Eurosceptic ministers that Major had hit out at in such memorable fashion.

Even if, as many Tories expect, a confidence vote does not materialise, the Bridgen / Dorries comments are a reminder of how maverick, hardline Eurosceptics were able to play havoc with John Major's government in the 1990s because he had such a small majority.

Alongside Corbyn, other left - wing Eurosceptic parties — such as Syriza in Greece and Sinn Fein in Ireland — have campaigned on anti-austerity platforms this year.

While Vote Leave is the official Brexit campaign group backed by Boris Johnson and other senior Eurosceptic Tories such as Michael Gove and Liam Fox, Leave.EU is endorsed by Ukip and was founded by Banks, a businessman and Ukip donor.

«Many Conservatives feel the European Community is not good for Britain... The Conservative party is divided on it too», du Cann — head of the Conservatives» 1922 Committee — added, [12] although there were far fewer Eurosceptic figures in the Parliamentary Conservative Party in 1975 than there would be during later debates on Europe, such as the accession to the Maastricht Treaty.

Cameron declared during the 2005 leadership contest that the Tories would withdraw from the centre - right grouping in the European parliament, partly to attract the support of eurosceptic MPs, when he almost certainly would have won without making such a commitment.

The prime minister's pledge to hold an in - out referendum on a relatively short timetable is the «red meat» which has prompted prominent Eurosceptics, such as the former defence secretary Liam Fox, to express satisfaction with the speech.

Meanwhile, outside the prosperous South East, rural counties such as North Yorkshire and Dorset, and more urban ones, like West Yorkshire and Lancashire, are more integrated with the EU, and also tend to be more eurosceptic.