Sentences with phrase «of eurosceptic»

So while parliament's choice of candidate may not directly affect climate policy the rise of its eurosceptic minority might constrain the new president's ability to act and change the emphasis given to fiscal responsibility versus emissions controls.

I read with great interest Michael Brooks's article on the potential impact of eurosceptic parties on UK research (31 May,...

The idea that people have joined the Conservative party because of its Eurosceptic credentials seems painfully ignorant to me.

It is not a quirk, a last trace of the Eurosceptic virus, but a sign of a state of mind far less pragmatic than Cameron pretends.

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.

One minister said: «Given his popularity with the grass roots and the large body of Eurosceptic MPs who will want to back one of their own, his stock is definitely on the rise.»

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

The clause is supposed to be the delivery of a promise made in 2005 by Mr Cameron when he sought the support of Eurosceptic MPs in his leadership campaign.

One person who has realised that UKIP is no longer the home of Eurosceptic patriots who actually want to deliver change is Marta Andreasen - up until last night a UKIP MEP.

Crucially, this is the view of a significant number of his Eurosceptic MPs, including his former Press Secretary, George Eustice, who has proved an important unifying intermediary at times for Cameron over Europe.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (left) has warned Prime Minister David Cameron (right) he will veto the choice of a eurosceptic as Britain's next commissioner in Brussels

Rotherham told openDemocracy that during his time working for Vote Leave, he «was in touch with a range of Eurosceptic campaigners, of which VfB [Veterans for Britain] was one group» — which in itself breaks no rules.

When he gets into Downing Street we must hope that he realises that succeeding in championing strivers will require a lot of Eurosceptic action.

Conservative MPs have revelled in four - and - a-half hours of eurosceptic - dominated debate - culminating in the EU referendum bill passing its second reading by 304 votes to zero.

The PM made his EU referendum pledge to quell his angry backbenchers, who believe themselves to represent the views of a Eurosceptic British public.

It took three defections to UKIP — those of Eurosceptic agitators - in - chief in the Commons, Douglas...

Much attention will be on the rise of Eurosceptic parties in the European elections, especially in France, as Hugh Schofield reports.

Conservative MP Nadine Dorries says Europe is «dying on its feet» as she joins a group of Eurosceptic MPs trying to engineer a Commons vote on an EU referendum.

The boundary review, a focus on defeating Lib Dem MPs and a reunification of the Eurosceptic vote might all happen.

He called on his coalition partners to be honest about the consequences of their Eurosceptic demands as they toughen their anti-EU rhetoric in the face of pressure from the UK Independence party.

As David Cameron heads to Brussels in a bid to twist the arm of Jean - Claude Juncker, some of his eurosceptic opponents are busy wrestling among themselves.

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.

But if the London mayor was hoping he would make up for this by persuading scores of eurosceptic MPs to enthusiastically back him for the leadership, the smoke signals from Westminster suggest that he could be in for an unpleasant surprise.

If the London mayor was hoping to win over scores of eurosceptic MPs by backing Brexit then he have miscalculated.

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

It stems from a history of eurosceptic thinking which has always viewed the lending or giving up of sovereignty as intrinsically unpatriotic.

The rebels were convincingly defeated - but the tally of Eurosceptic rebels is still a concern for a government with a slim majority.

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.

[9] The Eurosceptic United Kingdom Independence Party did not field a candidate against Hollobone in the 2010 general election and subsequently campaigned for his re-election as a result of his Eurosceptic views.

There were several components of this sharper - edged approach: a succession of Eurosceptic appointments to key ministerial positions; the forced exit of the House of Commons» sole remaining Tory Europhile Ken Clarke; the sacking of the last of the John Major - era Europragmatists; and the nomination of a low - profile technocrat to be Britain's commissioner.

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.

Labour may be being opportunistic today but I saw a vision of a Eurosceptic and fiscally responsible Labour Party that should frighten every Tory.

The possibility of a eurosceptic plot against Mr Osborne was raised further as a series of «Out» - supporting Tory MPs immediately took to the airwaves to voice their support for IDS.

Confessions of a Eurosceptic (Pen & Sword, # 19.99) is an elegant memoir that outlines his euroscepticism but is also touched with personal and family tragedy.

There are not one, not two but three political groups in the European Parliament who consist of members of eurosceptic national parties:

Boris would be guaranteed a place in the top two and would win the final ballot of a eurosceptic and grateful party membership.

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.

They objected not just for its content, but for him turning his back on most MPs and simply addressing the phalanx of Eurosceptic Conservative MPs behind him.

If he had supported remain, he could not have counted on the gratitude of eurosceptic MPs and may have struggled to distinguish himself from, and elevate himself above Osborne and May, both of whom have impressive experience as ministers.

We don't know what Boris really thinks about Brexit but we can assume that he is more of a eurosceptic than an outright europhobe like former environment minister Owen Paterson.

The Tory awkward squad has traditionally been comprised of eurosceptic backbenchers, who helped ensure David Cameron committed to an EU referendum in the last parliament.

In response, David Cameron thus relied on the tried and tested method to use EU referendum commitments in order to decouple European issues from domestic electoral agendas and to defuse the appeal of Eurosceptic challengers.

Dutch parliamentary elections did away with the risk of a eurosceptic government in a core country.

From the viewpoint of eurosceptics, a negative focus was needed because of specific challenges thrown at them by those in power.

The political map of Europe has changed dramatically thanks to the triumph of the Eurosceptics.

He would still hope to benefit from the support of eurosceptics within the parliamentary party and the membership at large, and as a leaver, might be more trusted to ensure there was no backsliding by the EU on delivering Cameron's negotiated agreement.

On Europe, and the ongoing slow - motion car crash of the eurozone debt crisis, Osborne played into the hands of the eurosceptics with abandon.

Mr Cameron will find it hard to reconcile the demands of eurosceptics who are now seeking the demise of the euro with his public support for the currency.

But senior figures are saying Cameron's handling of the EU referendum vote, in which he conceded that a bill should be passed in this parliament after initially saying this was unnecessary, had weakened him even in the eyes of Eurosceptics.

It means that all his expensive efforts to smother the beating heart of the Eurosceptics have been brought to nothing.