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A Critical Assessment of a Eurosceptic Party Group on European Integration: A Case Study of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group

TalTech Journal of European Studies
Volume 4 (2014): Issue 1 (June 2014)
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|May 2014
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2014-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2674-4619 (formerly 2228-0596) | Journal ISSN: 2674-4600 (formerly 2228-0596)
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Language: English
Page range: 97 - 118
Published on: May 17, 2014
Published by: Tallinn University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
European Conservatives and Reformists,
European integration,
European Parliament,
Euroscepticism,
party politics
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