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The objective of this paper is an analysis of the course of the 2016 EU referendum campaign from the perspective of the political battle between the parties and between intra‑party factions. Besides the main goals of the UK’s leaving the EU or remaining within it, the stakes of the battle included the strengthening of one’s own political camp, the weakening of one’s opponents, the gaining of power within a party or, eventually, the gaining of power in the country. The article is divided into two major parts devoted to the analysis of inter‑party rivalry and intra‑party rivalry respectively. The referendum (both its campaign and results) has demolished the existing political make‑up determined by the results of the latest parliamentary elections (2015). The analysis is based on the following two theoretical categories: an opportunity structure and a political strategy. In accordance with these categories, an assumption has been adopted that the referendum opened a new opportunity structure on the British political scene, encouraging the parties, their factions and individual politicians to use the elections as a means of pursuing their own political agendas and goals not necessarily related directly to the EU referendum.
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The aim of this article is an analysis of two of the most inflammatory issues in the debate over Euroscepticism – the typology of anti‑European attitudes and the main conditioning factors of these attitudes. The first aspect constitutes a certain substitute for a definitional debate, since despite the abundance of studies related to Euroscepticism, such studies contain only trace definitional concepts. In the Polish perspective, the two issues above have been presented in the context of the specificity of Poland’s political scene in the 1990s and early 2000s. This confirms that Euroscepticism is a phenomenon that exceeds the scope of simple generalizations, and is characterized by specific and unique processes occurring on the scale of particular countries. It should be acknowledged that, in Poland, we are dealing with a relatively clear scheme in which Euroscepticism relates almost exclusively to right‑wing parties. This does not mean, however, that it is not also conditioned by factors related to a particular party’s political strategy. The Polish example, therefore, fails to confirm the opposition between the two main conceptions of Euroscepticism – either as determined by ideology or as determined by political strategy.
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Autorzy niniejszego tekstu stawiają sobie za cel doprecyzowanie kategorii EUROsceptycyzmu. Artykuł rozpoczyna przegląd literatury w zakresie szerszej koncepcji eurosceptycyzmu, aby następnie pozycjonować w tym kontekście poglądy sceptyczne wobec unii walutowej w Europie. Punkt ciężkości opracowania kładzie się na przedmiotowym zakresie pojęcia EUROsceptycyzmu. Autorzy wskazują wymieniane w literaturze czynniki warunkujące zjawisko EUROsceptycyzmu, grupując je w trzy zestawy determinant. Do nich, jako ważną zmienną warunkującą narastanie EUROsceptycyzmu, dodają kryzys gospodarczy (2007–2014). Rozważania kończy podsumowanie wskazujące na obecny poziom EUROsceptycyzmu w Unii Europejskiej i prawdopodobny koniec etapu tzw. „permissive consensus” w sposobach legitymizowania projektu integracyjnego.
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The authors aim at defining the “EURO-scepticism” as an analytical category. The paper starts with an overview of the most important works on the wider concept of Euroscepticism, following the positioning of Eurosceptic views on the monetary integration in Europe. This part of the article focuses on the subject-approach to EUROscepticism. Next, the authors indicate the most important factors determining the phenomenon. Special attention is dedicated to the economic crisis (2007–2014) which is understood as an important contextual variable of EURO-scepticism. The analysis is summarised with the concluding remarks on the present state of EURO-scepticism in Europe as well as with a speculative statement on the probable end of the “permissive consensus” phase in the process of legitimising the European integration project.
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