Euroscepticism - The New Policy Of The European Populists

Migration flows, distrust in European institutions and transnationalgovernmental ineffectiveness and low economic performance have become a favorable ground for the so-called populist governments that are widely using Eurosceptic and populist rhetoric today. Voters perceive traditional elite as powerless in front of contemporary socioeconomic problems. Consequently, populist leaders, at the regional level, have opposed the policies of European institutions. Populism has developed and become part of every European Union (EU) member state and today is gathering more and more Eurosceptic components too. This study refers to how populism and Euroscepticism are part of the political and social life of countries on our continent.