Euroskepticizam u Nizozemskoj: trzaji nezadovoljstva
Euroskepticism in the Netherlands: Shocks of Dissatisfaction

Author(s): Robert Harmsen
Subject(s): International relations/trade, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development
Published by: Centar za politološka istraživanja
Keywords: Pim Fortuyn;
Summary/Abstract: In recent years, there has been a more critical discourse on European integration in the Netherlands. Concerns about both the size of the net national contribution to the EU budget and the implications of EU enlargement for the country have fuelled a broad public debate. An explicitly open discourse on the national interest, primarily within the VVD but also more broadly, has become an indispensable part of the political debate. At the same time, movements with clearly Eurosceptic programmes (the Pim Fortuyn List and the Socialist Party) have performed exceptionally well in the elections. Although it did not have much electoral significance, the issue of “Europe” has nevertheless become a contentious issue in Dutch politics. This article examines these stirrings of discontent in an EU member state that has long been considered one of the most ardent supporters of further integration.

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