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Denouncing European integration: Euroscepticism as reactive identity formation

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  • Hans-Jörg Trenz
  • Pieter de Wilde
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The spreading phenomenon of Euroscepticism relates to particular discursive formations within the battlefield of collective identities that is opened by European integration. This paper first aims to highlight the reactionary nature of Euroscepticism. Secondly, it argues for understanding Euroscepticism as a discursive formation in the public sphere rather than as a collection of party positions or characteristic of public opinion. Thirdly, it points to the media as central players and amplifiers of Euroscepticism. In order to describe the dynamics of Euroscepticism, we need to understand how the polity worth of the EU is framed in public debates (the discursive contents of Euroscepticism). We further need to understand how and by whom Eurosceptic narratives are mobilized (the performance of Euroscepticism). Last but not least, we need to account for the public resonance of Euroscepticism and its dynamic expansion (the public salience of Euroscepticism). By emphasizing this dynamic element in the ‘making of’ Eurosceptic counter-narratives this paper therefore proposes to turn to the mediating infrastructures through which the European Union is challenged and contested in front of a wider public. This relates to the public and media sphere as the principal locus of analysis.

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  • Hans-Jörg Trenz & Pieter de Wilde, 2009. "Denouncing European integration: Euroscepticism as reactive identity formation," RECON Online Working Papers Series 10, RECON.
    • Handle: RePEc:erp:reconx:p0049
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    1. Persefoni Zeri & Charalambos Tsekeris & Theodore Tsekeris, 2019. "The social power dynamics of post-truth politics: How the Greek youth perceives the “powerful” foreigners and constructs the image of the European partners," GreeSE – Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe 142, Hellenic Observatory, LSE.
    2. Kelly Benetatou & Yannis Katsoulacos, 2020. "Legal Standards and Economic Analysis in Antitrust Enforcement: An Empirical Investigation for the Case of Greece," GreeSE – Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe 144, Hellenic Observatory, LSE.
    3. Constantin Manolache, 2019. "Europe: Multinational Federal State," Anuarul Universitatii „Petre Andrei” din Iasi / Year-Book „Petre Andrei” University from Iasi, Fascicula: Drept, Stiinte Economice, Stiinte Politice / Fascicle: Law, Economic Sciences, Political Scien, Editura Lumen, Department of Economics, vol. 24, pages 107-135, December.

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