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Paule, Charlotte (2019)

Deepening Euroscepticism : the effects of the 2005 referendum in France and the Netherlands on the rise of far-left Eurosceptic discourse

Master thesis | International Relations (MA)

While we can find evidence in the literature of a shift in the discourse of far-right Eurosceptic parties after the 2005 referendum in France and the Netherlands, its effects on the discourse of the far-left are largely understudied. This thesis then strives to investigate the impact of the failed Dutch and French referendums on far-left Euroscepticism, and figure out if it can partly explain its rise before the 2008 economic crisis. In the end, we find that far-left Eurosceptic parties have indeed shifted their discourse post-2005, and that the campaign and result of the referendum can account for a part of this shift.

Euroscepticism

France

Netherlands

Eurosceptic discourse

2005 referendum

Far-left

Author

Paule, Charlotte

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

European Union Studies

Supervisors

Bruijn, Tom de

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en