Quote Originally Posted by Furunculus View Post
perhaps there is something in what kagemusha says about there being a divide between what it is acceptable to say publicly in politics, and what can be said in private, in which case euroskepticism is somewhat removed from conservative/right topics, but it should be noted that this transition is recent, particularly so in the FDP.
The Greens have long been euroskeptical, even when they were in government, and they were quite open about it. They practically 'owned' euroskepticism. The German Social Democrats were always among the leading proponents of 'Europe'. The German conservatives have long been concerned with the issue of the future reunification of their country for which they 'needed Europe'. Since 1991 this motif is irrelevant and Euroskepticism is on the rise on the right.

AII