Right‐Wing Eurosceptic Parties and the Strategic Use of Law

Eurosceptic actors often mobilize legal concepts and institutions against European integration. This article makes three contributions to the understanding of this phenomenon. First, it proposes a conceptual definition of the Eurosceptic use of law as part of political strategies, with the aim to ma...

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Published inJournal of common market studies Vol. 61; no. 5; pp. 1125 - 1142
Main Author Castillo‐Ortiz, Pablo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2023
Subjects
Accession
election manifestos
European integration
Euroscepticism
judicial dialogues
Law
National elections
Right wing politics
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Summary:Eurosceptic actors often mobilize legal concepts and institutions against European integration. This article makes three contributions to the understanding of this phenomenon. First, it proposes a conceptual definition of the Eurosceptic use of law as part of political strategies, with the aim to make a theoretical contribution to literature in the field. Second, to anchor this idea in the empirical reality, the article exhaustively analyses instances of use of law in the manifestos of medium to large size Eurosceptic parties in national elections, focusing on right wing Eurosceptic parties in the period 2010 to 2021. Third, the article presents some core features of how law is used by the Eurosceptic parties covered by this research at the strategic, conceptual, empirical and political levels, evidencing its widespread utilization and discussing its risks for the process of European integration.
ISSN:0021-9886
1468-5965
DOI:10.1111/jcms.13464