Does host ideology shape populist parties’ attitudes towards the EU? The links of populism and Euroscepticism in Southern Europe

  1. Plaza-Colodro, Carolina 1
  2. Gómez-Reino, Margarita 2
  3. Marcos-Marne, Hugo 3
  1. 1 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

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  2. 2 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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    Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02msb5n36

  3. 3 University of St. Gallen
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    University of St. Gallen

    San Galo, Suiza

    ROR https://ror.org/0561a3s31

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Revue:
Revista internacional de sociología

ISSN: 0034-9712

Année de publication: 2018

Titre de la publication: Variedades del populismo en Europa tras la Gran Recesión

Volumen: 76

Número: 4

Pages: 6

Type: Article

DOI: 10.3989/RIS.2018.76.4.18.003 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccès ouvert editor

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Résumé

Can a study of populist parties in Southern Europe shed light on the relation between populism and Euroscepticism? The proposed comparative framework examines the different degrees and types of Euroscepticism of populist parties in the Southern region. We expect that the variety of populist parties in this region, more oriented to the left, will help to expand our knowledge of the links between populism and Euroscepticism. Overall, our article shows that left and right-wing populist parties share what may initially look as a homogeneous Eurosceptic profile. However, further examination supports that left-wing populist parties hold more positive views of the EU in indicators related to the political side of the EU (powers of the European Parliament and enlargement).

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Carolina Plaza-Colodro and Margarita Gómez-Reino want to thank the Spanish Ministry of Economy for the funding received under theResearch Grant CSO2013-47667-P and Hugo Marcos-Marne thanks the University of St.Gallen for the funding received under grant IPF-1031522.

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