Euroscepticism at the National and European Levels and Its Reflection in the European Parliament Roll Call Votes

Authors : Özlem ULTAN

Pages : 23-45

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Publication Date : 2023-06-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This article provides an overview of Euroscepticism at the domestic and European levels. The study also aims to explain how the concept of Euroscepticism finds its response in the European parliamentary elections. It aims to make a two-fold contribution to the study of Euroscepticism. First, within the scope of party-based Euroscepticism, the relationship between loyalty to the national party and loyalty to party groups after being elected as a Member of the European Parliament will be examined. Second, these loyalties will be analyzed within the framework of Eurosceptic policy issues. Thus, the stance of Eurosceptic parliamentarians in the roll call votes will be investigated from the perspectives of the arguments of both their national parties and the European Party Groups insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EPG);. In the study, the voting tendencies of Eurosceptic parliamentarians on issues focusing on Euroscepticism were analyzed. Thus, the level of loyalty of Eurosceptic parliamentarians at the national or European level in the European Parliamentary elections will be examined and tried to be revealed.
Keywords : Avrupa Kuşkuculuğu, Avrupa Parlamentosu, Avrupa Seçimleri, Sadakat