Nowhere to Run...? British MEPs and the Euro

Roger M. Scully

doi:10.4324/9781315039664

Nowhere to Run...? British MEPs and the Euro

Roger M. Scully^*

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Department of Government and International Studies

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Abstract

Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has become one of the most divisive issues in contemporary British politics. When Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were asked to approve the go-ahead for EMU in May 1998, this raised potential difficulties for British representatives, who were being asked to take a stance on an issue of great domestie sensitivity. Drawing upon both quantitative and qualitative data, this article exarnines why British MEPs voted in the way they did on this issue, and discusses what the vote tells us about current European debates within the major British parties and about national parties' relations with their increasingly important European representatives.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	British Elections & Parties Review
Editors	Philip Cowley, David Denver, Justin Fisher, Andrew Russell
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	186-199
Number of pages	14
Volume	9
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315039664
ISBN (Print)	9780714650159, 9780714680729
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315039664
Publication status	Published - 30 Sept 1999

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