Dyskursywne punkty węzłowe w eurosceptycznym dyskursie na temat działań zewnętrznych Unii Europejskiej
Discursive Nodal Points within a Eurosceptical Discourse about the EU’s External Actions

Summary/Abstract: The 2014 European Parliament election began an unprecedented increase of societal support for Eurosceptic parties. They topped the polls in some EU member states and often gained parliamentary representation for the first time. For that reason, it is necessary to deepen knowledge about the Eurosceptic identity. This paper is focused on the Eurosceptic attitude towards the EU’s external actions. A Constructivist approach is used to achieve that goal, in particular the concept of discursive nodal points (DNP) created by Thomas Diez. Opening with an analysis of notions of Euroscepticism and the DNP, the paper shows DNPs in Eurosceptic discourses about TTIP, the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, and the EU’s environmental policy. As a result of that analysis, DNPs in the Eurosceptic discourse about the EU’s external actions as a whole are teased out. These DNPs are used to define a meta-narrative in the Eurosceptic discourse about the EU’s external actions. In conclusion, the Author claims that an assentation for EU’s activity in some external areas from Eurosceptic politicians could mean that they have moved from Euroscepticism to Eurorealism, which means that the appearance of Eurosceptic parties in national and European legislatures could signal a shift away from Eurosceptic orthodoxy, and therefore away from its original identity.

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