The Left and the European Constitution: From Laeken to Lisbon - Hardcover

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Michael Holmes is Senior Lecturer in Politics, Liverpool Hope University

Knut Roder is Professor of Politics and Political Economy, and International Relations Programme Director at Saint Louis University, Madrid

Michael Holmes is Senior Lecturer in Politics, Liverpool Hope University. Knut Roder is Associate Professor of Politics and Political Economy, St Louis University, Madrid campus.

Knut Roder is Professor of Politics and Political Economy, and International Relations Programme Director at Saint Louis University, Madrid

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This book examines how the Left is affected by European integration. It starts from the rejection of the European Constitution in France and the Netherlands in 2005, in which left-wing parties played key roles. The book explores the level of pro- and anti-EU sentiment among left-wing parties. It discusses the left's reaction to the EU's neo-liberal policies such as Laval, the Lisbon Agenda and the Bolkestein Directive. It examines the extent to which parties are Europeanised or remain nationally-oriented. The book looks at parties from all three left-wing families -social democrats, left-socialists and left-greens. It contains case-studies of eleven EU member states, and also examines the left in the European Parliament. It provides a unique cross-national, cross-party evaluation of contemporary events.