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Patterns of Opposition in the European Parliament

Opposing Europe from the Inside?

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Authors:
  1. Benedetta Carlotti

    1. Scuola Normale Superiore, Firenze, Italy

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  • Mixes qualitative and quantitative analysis of MEPs' speeches in the European Parliament
  • Disentangles EU criticism and structures it around two distinct axes
  • Suggests EU-opposition is a useful alternative term that better describes contemporary Euroscepticism

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. EU-opposition in the European Parliament: An Introduction

    • Benedetta Carlotti
    Pages 1-18

  3. Opposing the EU in the EP at the Time of Populism

    • Benedetta Carlotti
    Pages 19-87

  4. Patterns of Party Positioning: Quantity and Quality

    • Benedetta Carlotti
    Pages 89-142

  5. What Drives EU-Opposition in the EP?

    • Benedetta Carlotti
    Pages 143-168

  6. Landscapes of EU-opposition

    • Benedetta Carlotti
    Pages 169-186

  7. Conclusions: EU-Opposition in the 2019 EP, What’s Next?

    • Benedetta Carlotti
    Pages 187-199

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 201-248
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About this book

Is Euroscepticism still suited to analyze the variegated nature of opposition to the EU? Starting from this question, this book critically reviews Euroscepticism, reconceptualizes it in terms of political opposition and discovers, disentangles and explains patterns of EU-opposition within the European Parliament (EP).
Distinguishing between “what the EU does” and “what the EU is”, the research elaborates an index of parties’ positioning “measuring” it through the speeches that parties’ deliver in the EP. The EP is the “perfect laboratory” where decisions concerning EU-policies are taken and the future EU-trajectories are shaped.
Besides delineating a set of guidelines categorizing parties, the book concludes that their positioning varies along two main axes: the pro-anti-EU-system and the pro-anti-EU-establishment. From a normative perspective, the research argues for the growing importance of the “cumulation hypothesis”: if criticism remains unheard within the European elitist construct, such criticism will transform itself into rejection. 

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“The book presents a careful analysis of opposition in the European Parliament beyond the usual suspects. The meticulous operationalisation of EU-opposition and the comparison between EU-opponents and with mainstream parties is a clear strength of this book. Well-anchored in the comparative politics literature … .” (Ariadna Ripoll Servent, Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, Vol. 15 (3), October, 2021) “Practitioners and scholars have stressed the risks posed by the weakening of  political legitimacy of the EU vis à vis European citizens. These conclusions are mostly drawn on speculation. This fascinating comparative study uses mixed methods to empirically explore how and when does European opposition emerge. If criticism from European citizens and political parties remains unheard within the European elitist construct, such criticism will transform itself into rejection. With an innovative look at the academic scholarship on Euoscepticism this book fills major gaps and offers important suggestions for both policy makers and academics.”

– Professor Manuela Caiani, Scuola Normale superior, Florence, Italy

Authors and Affiliations

  • Scuola Normale Superiore, Firenze, Italy

    Benedetta Carlotti

About the author

Benedetta Carlotti holds a PhD in Political Science and Sociology from the Scuola Normale Superiore (Florence). She is currently Data Analyst in a private company located in Florence where she deepens text analysis methods. Her main research interests concern positioning toward the EU with a special focus on extremist and populist parties. She engaged in research collaboration with the University of Siena and with the Scuola Normale Superiore. Her work has been published in the Italian Political Science Review, European Political Science Review and Italian Political Science.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Patterns of Opposition in the European Parliament

  • Book Subtitle: Opposing Europe from the Inside?

  • Authors: Benedetta Carlotti

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53683-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53682-4Published: 22 September 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53685-5Published: 23 September 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-53683-1Published: 21 September 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 248

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: European Politics, Legislative and Executive Politics, Governance and Government

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