The right-wing critique of Europe : nationalist, sovereignist and right-wing populist attitudes to the EU / edited by Joanna Sondel-Cedarmas and Francesco Berti.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sondel-Cedarmas, Joanna, 1975- editor.

Berti, Francesco, editor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Routledge studies in fascism and the far right

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Populism--European Union countries.

Populism.

Nationalism--European Union countries.

Nationalism.

Political parties--European Union countries.

Political parties.

European federation--Public opinion.

European federation.

European Union--Public opinion.

European Union.

European Union countries--Politics and government--21st century.

European Union countries.

Politics and government.

Public opinion.

Physical Description:

xii, 278 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.

Summary:

"The Right-Wing Critique of Europe analyses the opposition to the European Union from a variety of right-wing organisations in Western, Central and Eastern Europe. In recent years, opposition to the processes of globalisation and the programme of closer European integration, understood as a threat to the sovereignty of individual member states, has led to an intensification of Eurosceptic sentiments on the Old Continent. The results of the European parliamentary elections in 2014 and 2019, the Brexit referendum and electoral results in different European countries are all testament to the considerable growth of radical populist-nationalist and conservative-souverainist movements and parties. The common idea that binds these groups, both in Western Europe and in Central and Eastern Europe, is a hostile attitude towards the idea of (an ever more integrated) united Europe. These parties reject not only the project of building a European federation, but also the current model of the European Union and the values underlying its attitudes. They are united by their criticism of EU policies, in particular those concerning security, emigration, multiculturalism, gender equality, the rights of minorities, as well as economic liberalism and the common currency. However, this criticism manifests itself with varying degrees of intensity, and not all parties fit the classic definition of Euroscepticism but instead represent its mild form, Eurorealism. The authors bring together reflections on the organic and complex critique of the European Union, its policies and cultural and ideological character. The book provides a comparative analysis of this criticism at the transnational level. This book will be of interest to researchers of European politics, the radical right and Euroscepticism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Against Europe or against Germany? : European integration and Germanophobia in France, Great Britain, and Italy / Daniele Pasquinucci

Right-wing populism, Euroscepticism, and neo-traditionalism in Central/Eastern Europe / Zdzisław Mach

The nationalism of the New Right in the Federal Republic of Germany / Marek Maciejewski

Pro-European, anti-EU? : the national rally and European integration / Marta Lorimer

Giorgia Meloni's new Europe : Europe of sovereign nations in the Brothers of Italy Party manifestos / Joanna Sondel-Cedarmas

The League of Salvini : from a Europe of regions to a Europe of nations / Gianluca Passarelli and Dario Tuorto

English nationalism and its role in building support for Brexit : the case of UKIP and the Brexit Party / Marcin Galent

Ally, opponent or means to an end? : the role of the European Union in the Catalan independence process / Agnieszka Grzechynka

'Poland in Europe, Europe for Poland' : national populist narratives on the example of Kukiz'15 / Małgorzata Maria Fijał

Considerations on the role of Hungary and the Hungarian nation in the European Union after 1989 / Tadeusz Kopyś

Between the past and the future : Eurosceptic political parties and the EU integration of Serbia / Natasza Styczyńska and Haris Dajč

The main varieties of Russian nationalism in the post-Soviet period and their relationship to European heritage and contemporariness / Joachim Diec

United in diversity? : the preferences of populist parties in the European Parliament / Giorgia Nesti and Paolo Graziano

(Momentarily) drifting into ideocracy in Central Europe : the case of Law and Justice and Fidesz / Grzegorz Pożarlik

A European legal war? : nationalist populism, the rule of law and the language of constitutionalism / Przemysław Tacik

Between patriotism and nationalism : national identity in the education policy of Prawo i Sprawiedliwość comments on the 2017 education reform / Elżbieta M. Mach

Francis on Europe / Ewa Kozerska.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Right-wing critique of Europe

ISBN:

9781032126852

103212685X

9781032127637

1032127635

OCLC:

1266204367