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However, it is the results of the elections to the European Parliament in late May that could still whip up the Scots' pro-independence sentiment, mainly because of the formidable advance of the UK Independence Party, which wants Britain to leave the European Union. UKIP has scored notable successes against both the Conservatives and the Labour party, making the Scottish wonder about their future in the United Kingdom.
British Euroskepticism has a long history. Respected British political scientist ...
... the previous Labour government, as well as the abrogation of the Human Rights Act (which in 1998 incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights into British law) in the name of
improving counter-terrorism and anti-crime measures
. Overall, the European Union remains a major, but far from only, foreign policy priority of the Tories, whose slogan is “we want to be part of Europe, not governed by Europe.”
The Liberal Democrats and Europe
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Liberal Democrats want Britain ...
... has suggested a more straightforward prescription for retrieving London's powers, i.e. a
referendum on withdrawal from the European Union before 2017
if the Conservatives win the 2015 elections. In other words, the Tory election platform is to request ... ... terms, while only 12 percent would like to withdraw.
Hence Moscow should build relations with London on the assumption that Great Britain will remain in the EU and maintain all of its advantages, including those for transnational business as based on ...
... the third attempt Great Britain became the EU member and since then it has played there a very important role as one of the top three largest and most influential both politically and economically countries of the EU.
It is absolutely clear that the European Union is inalienable from Great Britain as well as Great Britain owes its position in the world to its membership in the EU. The thing is that in 1973 the weight of the U.K. in the world started to decrease therefore all the countries applying for the EU membership did it, among ...
