Populism, Euroskepticism, and Migrant Policy in the European Union

Populism, Euroskepticism and Migration Policy (Presentation)

The European Migrant Crisis, also referred to as the Refugee Crisis, began in 2015. In the few short years following, it has created a number of changes in individual European Union (EU) member states. As an intergovernmental organization, the EU must manage the diverse needs of its member states; how have the EU's decisions impacted the internal politics of its member states? As with much of the world, the EU has seen a rise in populist narrative, as well as Euroskepticism. How might the refugee crisis have shaped migrant policy and member states' party platforms? This involves a qualitative, comparative case study of four European countries: Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Greece. Each country has unique conditions regarding migration, as well as their roles within the EU, which provides a basis for comparison as well as individual analysis.