Sentences with word «eurosceptic»

Large - scale migration from East to West has of course been accompanied by the rise of eurosceptic parties in many Western European countries: UKIP in the UK; Alternative for Deutschland in Germany; the National Front in France; the Party for Freedom in the Netherlands; the Sweden Democrats in Sweden; and the Danish People's Party in Denmark.

Jeremy Corbyn, for example, has promised to scrap it — a position also adopted by the SNP, a number of Tory Eurosceptic MPs, and even Donald Trump.

Jacob Rees - Mogg has been elected chair of an influential backbench group of Eurosceptic Tory MPs after promising to help Theresa May carry out the type of Brexit she originally promised.

But Mr Cameron received praise from Tory eurosceptics in the Commons chamber for his refusal to sign up to a European fiscal integration pact, which every other EU country except Britain is now expected to sign.

But later in the day, the Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock was given a rough ride by Eurosceptic Conservative MPs in the Commons, as he sought to justify the decision; and Heywood was forced to explain his thinking to MPs on the public administration committee.

During the referendum David Cameron pledged to invoke Article 50 on the morning of a Leave vote, [34] and there was speculation that he would do this on the morning with Eurosceptic MPs calling for caution to assess the negotiating position [35] and Jeremy Corbyn calling for immediate invocation.

Leave.EU was not designated the official leave campaign by the Electoral Commission, but co-ordinated Ukip, Labour Leave led by Kate Hoey MP, the Grassroots Out movement led by Eurosceptic Tory backbenchers, and several smaller groups.

On the Labour side, rebellious MPs have tended to be from Eurosceptic wings of the party, either from the Socialist Campaign Group wing (e.g. Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell) or from its conservative communitarian wing (e.g. Kate Hoey, Frank Field).

The energy secretary, who used to be an MEP, also expressed irritation with eurosceptics on the Tory benches.

That is now threatened by the surge in support for Eurosceptic parties in last week's elections (see «What the data says about Europe's lurch to the right «-RRB-.

Any other MP as eurosceptic as Rees - Mogg would be furious at being dragged away from the rabid Commons brawl over the Government's controversial # 9m EU leaflet.

The report is published as Conservative Eurosceptics who are pressing David Cameron to give parliament a veto over all EU laws ran into trouble when it emerged that they mistakenly claimed to have the support of one of the most senior backbench Tory MPs.

In Britain, since at least 1999, more Eurosceptic parties (especially UKIP but also the Conservatives) have tended to do rather better in the European elections than in the local elections on the same day.

The coalition has launched a thorough review of the EU's powers over Britain, amid ongoing pressure from Conservative eurosceptic backbenchers for a referendum.

Cameron will face pressure from Eurosceptic Tories after the success of the UK Independence party.

Rumours of an upcoming Nick Clegg assault on eurosceptics pick up pace, as he attempts to wrestle back the political agenda ahead of European elections

Fury erupted among Eurosceptic Tories after Cabinet members aiming to campaign for «Brexit» were isolated by the PM.

The first Eurosceptic group in the European Parliament was founded on 19 July 1994.

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.

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.

And now he is shoring up his support among eurosceptic backbenchers by kicking up a stink in Brussels.

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.

As Iain Duncan Smith, Dominic Raab, Michael Gove and other Eurosceptic ministers toured the weekend broadcast studios in a well coordinated attack, their collective view seemed to be that Cameron had done his best in Brussels, but his deal would not stem the flow of migration, safeguard the City of London or even be legally enforceable.

Many eurosceptics wanted Cameron to go further and demand UK opt - outs from legislation on issues such as working time and agency workers — although he never really tried to do this.

Other senior cabinet ministers to have previously expressed deeply eurosceptic views include Michael Gove, Philip Hammond and Elizabeth Truss.

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.

Boris Johnson will spend Christmas at Chevening this year after shaking off competition from his fellow eurosceptic Cabinet ministers.

This builds on previous research into Eurosceptic voting patterns, particularly the relationship of this block of voters to UKIP and the Conservative party.

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.

Or refuse, giving Cameron a clear run at Eurosceptic voters — but at the same time tempting the Tories to put Europe at the centre of their campaign, when most voters want to hear about the economy and public services?

There are a number of other eurosceptic Conservative MPs and councillors who must now be considering their positions.

Ukip didn't field anyone against Reckless in 2010 because of his strong Eurosceptic credentials.

In a backbench debate on the European Council yesterday, veteran Eurosceptic MP Bill Cash warned that a proposed fiscal union would be both undemocratic as a whole, and damage the national interests of the UK.

However, this does not mean that UKIP or other smaller parties may not stand to benefit if Eurosceptic voters become disillusioned with the parties that predominantly campaign to remain.

The Chancellor attacked Eurosceptics like Boris Johnson and Michael Gove for dismissing economic warnings about leaving from a host of bodies like the IMF and Bank of England as an establishment «stitch - up».

That might be deliberate obfuscation, since the idea of EU criminal law would be the proverbial red flag to wave at the bull of British Eurosceptic opinion, ready to be outraged at the violation of that last bastion of national sovereignty represented by criminal law.

[39] He is a prominent Eurosceptic within the Labour Party and declared on 20 February 2016 that he would campaign to leave the EU.

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

Following a YouGov poll showing that the deeply eurosceptic UKIP holds a comfortable lead among those who intend to vote on May 22 comes a report from the Electoral Reform Society which reveals the extent of the rift between the European parliament and the British people.

«UKIP, Pearson was promised, would not field candidates against Eurosceptic Tory candidates.

He's asking the question the Tory eurosceptics want to hear most of all!

The most ardent cabinet eurosceptics include Iain Duncan Smith, Chris Grayling and Theresa Villiers.

Internal Tory polls failed to capture what columnists had long warned — that his relationship with many traditional Eurosceptic voters was at breaking point.

«Owen Paterson joins Cabinet top ten after Eurosceptic intervention (while support for Clegg plunges) Main Thatcher's determination to buy Trident and defeat economic wets revealed in 1981 Cabinet papers»

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.

A classic statement of a Labour Eurosceptic position was voiced by Denis Healey in a 1950 pamphlet European Unity: «No Socialist Party with the prospect of forming a government could accept a system by which important fields of national policy were surrendered to a supranational European representative authority».

If anything, this has only reinforced the perception of a disconnect between mainstream elites and public concerns which Eurosceptic political entrepreneurs have been able to mobilise.

[44] He was joined by fellow Eurosceptic MP, Mark Reckless, to draft the so - called «Reckless - Pritchard amendment» which saw David Cameron's government defeated over the issue.