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The Con-Lib Agenda for Europe

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The Conservative Party suffered serious divisions over the issue of Europe when in power in the 1990s. Since then, the Conservatives have become more Eurosceptic while integration has deepened. In opposition, the leadership had some success in detoxifying ‘Europe’, however, managing the issue will be more difficult in government. Having opposed the Lisbon Treaty, the Conservatives must now engage with a European Union (EU) operating under that treaty, while pacifying Eurosceptic backbenchers who are unhappy that the manifesto commitment to repatriate powers was not part of the Coalition Agreement with the pro-European Liberal Democrats.

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  1. University of Hull, UK

    Simon Lee (Senior Lecturer in Politics) & Matt Beech (Lecturer in Politics) (Senior Lecturer in Politics) &  (Lecturer in Politics)

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Lynch, P. (2011). The Con-Lib Agenda for Europe. In: Lee, S., Beech, M. (eds) The Cameron—Clegg Government. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230305014_14

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