The Future of the European Union in Eastern and Central Europe: How the 2015 Refugee Crisis Impacted Euroscepticism in the Visegrád Group
Wright, Emily Ann
Wright, Emily Ann
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European Refugee Crisis, a result of the Syrian Civil War, was a major event
for the European Union that had a drastic effect on the opinions of the
supranational state. The Visegrád Group (V4) specifically had some of the most
inflammatory reactions out of the Member States in the EU. The V4 has always
been perceived as ‘outsiders’ in the European Union and their stance on EU
policies could be regarded similarly. Euroscepticism was already on the rise in
these four Member States, however, after both the economic crisis and the
refugee crisis, Euroscepticism has drastically increased in almost all of the
V4 Member States. This can be seen statistically in the 2019 European
Parliament results that although are not seen as a vital election in most of
the states, saw an obvious increase in Eurosceptic party successes.
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Eastern Europe,European Union member countries,Visegrad Group Countries