Anti-Europeanism Critical Perspectives Towards the European Union

The book analyzes different critical attitudes towards European integration from a multidisciplinary perspective. By applying both quantitative and normative-theoretical approaches, the contributors assess the causes and effects of the popularity of EU-cr

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Anti-Europeanism

Marco Baldassari Emanuele Castelli Matteo Truffelli Giovanni Vezzani •





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Anti-Europeanism Critical Perspectives Towards the European Union

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Editors Marco Baldassari The European College of Parma Foundation Parma, Italy Matteo Truffelli Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries University of Parma Parma, Italy

Emanuele Castelli Department of Law, Politics and International Studies University of Parma Parma, Italy Giovanni Vezzani Center for Studies in European and International Affairs University of Parma Parma, Italy

ISBN 978-3-030-24427-9 ISBN 978-3-030-24428-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24428-6

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Foreword

Against Europe: The Changing Patterns of Euroscepticism Over Time The contributions of this collective volume explore the many differentiated forms of Euroscepticism or anti-Europeanism. The phenomenon is not new. Since its inception, the European construction has triggered opposition, suspicion and controversies.1 It started already in the 50s at the time of the European Coal and Steel Community launched by Robert Schuman and Jean Monnet. The British government reacted to the offer by stating that it was inconceivable to place two fundamental segments of their economy under the control of a technocratic authority. The same distrust was expressed all along the 50s in the UK but the coming to power of de Gaulle in France in 1958 made many people fear that the EEC would die even before coming to life. Actually, it did not happen as de Gaulle was convinced that the ne