ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the evolution of right-wing soft Euroscepticism at the transnational and pan-European levels. It first conceptualises transnational and pan-European Euroscepticism as an emerging sphere of opposition to European integration. It then offers a brief history of the evolution of right-wing soft Eurosceptic groups in the EP. It is argued that right-wing soft Euroscepticism has two distinctive historic trends: Gaullism and British Conservatism. The chapter also suggests that the subtle distinction between the notions of soft Euroscepticism and Eurorealism, used by the ECR group and the British Conservative Party to rebrand their stance on Europe, is crucial in order to understand the institutionalisation and recent success of such parties at both the domestic and European levels. The chapter then concludes that despite the United Kingdom (UK)'s referendum vote in June 2016 to leave the European Union (EU), pan-European cooperation between right-wing soft Eurosceptic movements is likely to continue and possibly thrive.
