Abstract
Abstract
This chapter shows how the MSI/AN and the RN employed the concept of liberty to define Europe. It shows how in their early years and in the context of the Cold War, both parties stressed the need for Europe to become free from foreign interference. This came with a call for Europe to become an international power, equipped with a common defence policy and able to project influence beyond its borders. From the early 1990s onwards, the parties’ positions diverged. While the MSI/AN remained committed to its view of Europe as a foreign policy actor, the RN increasingly refocused its discourse on ideas of domestic self-rule. Using the language of freedom, self-rule, and autonomy to define their views on Europe, the chapter argues, presented the parties with an occasion to foster an image as actors holding positions common, rather than exceptional, to the shared language of national politics.
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Oxford University PressOxford
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