Open AccessEurosceptycyzm w doktrynie partii konserwatywnej
Author(s) -
Elżbieta Sadowska-Wieciech
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
politeja
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2391-6737
pISSN - 1733-6716
DOI - 10.12797/politeja.14.2017.46.01
Subject(s) - referendum , politics , political science , government (linguistics) , conservative government , european union , political economy , public administration , law , sociology , economics , economic policy , philosophy , linguistics
Euroscepticism in the Conservative Party
Membership in European Union has become one of the most crucial and controversial issues in British politics in recent years. Eurosceptics from United Kingdom Independent Party were exhorting to leave the EU and more and more British people had supported them. David Cameron who was leading the government since 2010 had to express a conservative view on the matter. He had announced his plan to renegotiate the terms of EU membership and hold a referendum on the results, asking British people to vote for what he thought the only right choice – staying in European Union. But not all Tories shared that belief. This article examines the issue of Euroscepticism in Conservative Party analyzing its doctrinal as well as political origins and its influence on the government.