Slow but Steady Wins the Race: The Rise and Rise of Euroscepticism.

Authors

Katy Rotzin

Abstract

This paper analyzes Euroscepticism in the European Union with a focus on two member-states Italy and France. This paper discusses the history of Euroscepticism in Europe, immigration law and economic policy in the European Union as it pertains to both the New Pact on Migration and Asylum and the Stability and Growth Pact, which were both negotiated or renegotiated in 2023. Euroscepticism is a wide sweeping political movement, and this paper does not analyze every aspect, but only seeks to magnify two issues that have plagued the EU since its inception. This paper argues that Euroscepticism will clearly rise with the push by Brussels for complete integration, due to successful weaponization of the EU’s lack of unified policy and the perceived chokehold on member states’ sovereignty. This paper also argues that Euroscepticism will likely be difficult to defeat because their success lies in political turmoil.

Recommended Citation

Katy Rotzin, Slow but Steady Wins the Race: The Rise and Rise of Euroscepticism., 48 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 126 (2025).
Available at: https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_international_comparative_law_review/vol48/iss1/5