Euroscepticism
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Enlargement : Crisis makes candidate countries think twice
2 May 201311612PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
United Kingdom: 40 years after EU accession, there’s not so much to cheer about
2 January 201312782PresseuropThe Independent -
United Kingdom: Ukip: The party making the Tories tremble
11 December 201218915 The Guardian London -
United Kingdom: Pucker up?
27 November 201230 The Independent London -
United Kingdom: EU exit would lead to less sovereignty, not more
20 November 201219740 The Observer London -
United Kingdom: Tories are playing with the Brussels bomb
22 October 201210950 The Daily Telegraph London -
Geopolitics: EU isn’t the only body ruling over us
13 July 201239160 The Times London -
United Kingdom: The same old trap of the EU referendum
3 July 20125330 The Independent London -
Debate: Europhiles and eurosceptics - you’re all the same
12 June 201217829 Spiked London -
Italy: Beppe Grillo — floating on the eurosceptic wave
8 June 201217212 La Stampa Turin -
United Kingdom: Clegg’s sulk over Cameron’s EU veto
13 December 20113PresseuropThe Independent -
European Council: Britain - like the Cayman Islands, in the rain
12 December 201119417 The Independent London -
European Council: EU just can’t accept that Britain is right
12 December 2011364113 The Daily Telegraph London -
European Council: A scary day for Britain
9 December 2011708PresseuropThe Guardian -
The future of Europe: Towards an open collaborative EU
21 November 2011PresseuropBlog -
Debate: Refuseniks and problem cases of the non-eurozone
10 November 20116415 Respekt Prague -
Press review: Cameron upended by Eurosceptic wave
25 October 2011856Presseurop -
United Kingdom: Daily Express - break with EU is nigh
3 October 2011PresseuropDaily Express -
Editorial: Democratic test
22 April 2011442Presseurop -
Eurozone crisis: Will Ireland turn against Europe?
3 December 2010PresseuropBlog -
United Kingdom: Express wants out of EU
25 November 20107PresseuropDaily Express -
United Kingdom: David Cameron, free to love Europe
27 May 2010The Independent London -
United Kingdom: The birth of two-headed Britain
12 May 2010Presseurop -
United Kingdom: Those Britons who love Europe
30 April 2010211 The Independent London -
Visions of Europe (2): Saying “Adieu” to the continent
29 December 20091087 The Daily Telegraph London -
After '89: Loving Europe, despairing of the EU
10 November 2009233 The Observer London -
After Lisbon: French wonder what’s in Britain’s pants
5 November 2009PresseuropThe Guardian -
Lisbon Treaty: Yes to an imperfect but beautiful Union
30 September 20091 The Irish Times Dublin -
Lisbon Referendum: Vote 1916 for a better Europe
7 September 2009PresseuropBlog -
Ideas: Euroscepticism adds spice
10 June 2009PresseuropDe Standaard -
European Elections: Ireland's Eurosceptics unmasked
8 June 2009PresseuropThe Irish Times -
European Elections: Political bad science
3 June 2009PresseuropThe Guardian
Once described by UK Prime Minister David Cameron as “fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists", the fiercely eurosceptic movement is becoming a mainstream political force. They are attracting the most europhobic elements of the Conservatives and helping shape government policy. 
As a poll shows 56% of Britons in favour of a straight EU exit, the British Sunday newspaper argues that the consequences of such a withdrawal would be dire. 
Euroscepticism has gone mainstream in the British Conservative party, making a referendum on Britain’s continued membership of the Union increasingly likely. But do PM David Cameron and his EU-hostile ministers really know where they want to go? asks a Daily Telegraph columnist. 
Eurosceptics may rail against losing sovereignty to Brussels. But why do they never complain that since 1945, nations have also ceded power to institutions like the UN, Nato, and the IMF? asks Bill Emmott. 
Talking of a referendum on Britain’s EU membership is a classic feature of the country’s politics. But by abiding to it, Prime Minister David Cameron put himself under more pressure from his Eurosceptic allies with no political gain. 
While Europhiles believe Brussels is the cure for all ills, Eurosceptics maintain it is the fount of all evil. But are they all that different from each other? wonders Spiked editor Brendan O’Neill. 
In local elections in May, comedian Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement won a number of town halls including Parma. Advocating an exit from the euro and the overthrow of Italy’s political class, Five Star is well on its way to becoming the second most powerful political force in Italy. 
In walking away from greater European integration in order to defend the privileges of the City, David Cameron has hopelessly relegated the UK to the status of an irrelevant island state at the margins of Europe, argues John Lichfield. 
If Britain is marginalised after last week’s fractious European Council, it’s only because the continent is furious that the UK never signed up to its troubled euro project, argues the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. 
As the eurozone crisis deepens, the countries outside of it are trying to come up with ways not to lose control of their destinies inside the EU. 
On October 24, the House of Commons overwhelmingly rejected a motion to hold a referendum on Britain’s relationship with the EU. The vote has split the ruling Conservative party. An equally divided British press concedes that an EU reset is inevitable. 
Thanks to his coalition with the Liberal Democrats, the new British PM is no longer a hostage to eurosceptic elements within his own party. This is an opportunity for him to take advantage of current divisions within the EU and make the UK a driving force in Europe. 
After a thirteen year hiatus, the British Conservatives have returned to power at the head of a coalition with Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrat party. Following almost a week of uncertainty after the British electorate had returned a hung parliament to Westminster, the UK press is partly relieved. Meanwhile, continental newspapers wonder about the traditionally eurosceptic Tories' future relationship with the EU. 
Although the continent is still not short of beer-drinking, Daily Mail/Express-reading, Europhobic Britons forever perplexed by foreign ways, a new generation, more in tune with other European social attitudes, is coming to the fore, argues Mary Dejevsky. 
Furious with a £14 billion contribution to the bureaucrats of far-off Brussels, lagging behind Norway in GDP, some Englanders have had enough with the European project. Dreaming of the day when Britain becomes an offshore paradise for global investors, Tory MEP Daniel Hannan gives 10 reasons to leave the EU. 
Twenty years after the fall of Berlin Wall, the hope the event inspired is being thwarted by a European Union that seeks “to standardise behaviour and attitudes”, argues Henry Porter in the Observer. 
With recent polls suggesting that the Irish electorate’s faith in the European project is dwindling, the Irish Times restates its case for a Yes vote in the 2 October referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, arguing that Ireland must contribute its genius, “to this great, imperfect project.”