The Discourses of “The Europe of Nations”
Euroscepticism in the Light of the European Union Crises: the Cases of Law and Justice in Poland and Fidesz in Hungary
Keywords:
European Integration, Euroscepticism, Hungary, Poland, Fidesz, Law and Justice, PiS, Europe of NationsAbstract
This article aims to examine, analyse and discuss the transformation of the discourses of “the Europe of Nations”of the incumbent national populist Eurosceptic Law and Justice (PiS) in Poland and Fidesz in Hungary undergone in the light of the European Union crises, notably European debt crisis, European immigration crisis and the epitome of Eurosceptic sentiment known as ‘Brexit’. The discourse analysis shows that the European Union crises do not transform Law and Justice’s and Fidesz’s Eurosceptic vision and ideology, which are fused and constructed on the basis of conservative nationalism, at their ideological core, but the crises do impact how the parties’ discursive formation. In the light of the crises, Law and Justice and Fidesz portray the European Union crises as the crisis of national sovereignty and national identity, threatened by supranational principle and practices of the European Integration.
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