Gains made by Eurosceptics parties during the European elections is nothing to worry about, argues political analyst Jan Beyers in Flemish daily De Standaard. "This anti European wave is not a threat to the EU’s political stability." On the contrary, "the Union is a dynamic political entity not made out of eggshells." Beyers believes that "the increase in anti-European votes is the very result of the unification process." "Until recently," he explains, "politics was dominated by a pro-European consensus which didn’t bring out the differences between right and left…The presence of increasingly anti-European sentiment will force pro-Europeans to present better arguments to the electorate. The playing field will be more politicised and conflictual, and therefore more transparent for the general public."
Ideas
Euroscepticism adds spice
10 June 2009
Presseurop
De Standaard 
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