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N. CONTI / L. VERZICHELLI Table 2. A categorisation of party attitudes to European integration Attitudes to European integration Related positions Hard Euroscepticism Soft Euroscepticism No stances referring to/ No interest for European integration There is a principled opposition to the EU and European integration. The party position assumes that the country should withdraw from membership, or oppose the most crucial EU efforts towards cohesion and integration. Particularly, there is a claim for reversing the direction of the most important processes (Common market, EMS/EMU, enlargement...).. There is NOT a principled objection to European integration or EU membership but concerns on one (or a number) of policy areas lead to the expression of qualified opposition to the EU. Or, there is a sense that 'national interest' is currently at odds with the EU trajectory. The party has a will to reform Europe No mention, vagueness of the party preferences on European integration. Functional Europeanism Support for European integration based on a mere “calculus” serving domestic interests or a party goal. There is no commitment to further integration, unless it is proved it would serve such interests. Otherwise, commitment to European integration is mainly in terms of defence of the status quo. Identity Europeanism There is a principled support to the EU and European Integration. There is claim in favour of further competence shift from national to supranational arena, eventually of Federal Europe and of a European citizenship. European identity is considered by the party as a component of its own identity and further integration as a party goal. 48
THE EUROPEAN DIMENSION OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN ITALY. European integration cycles deepening and widening at work The decisive decade Towards a political union 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Atlanticist coalition Centre-left Grand coalition Five-party coalition Majoritarian democracy First steps of EI process 6 members EEC Italian coalition governance cycles Figure 4. Italian cycles of coalition governance and phases of European integration. 49
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