Non-State wide parties and European integration. The cases of Convergència i Unió, the Scottish National Party and the Lega Nord

Abstract

This research compares the programmatic positions of three non-State wide parties regarding the degrees to wich European integration is more or less acceptable. Three dimensions of the EU nature, the concept of «European citizenship» and the significance conferred of each dimensions in order to integrate in the policies of the three communitarian pillars are analyzed. The comparison is interesting because there are three parties with different ideological profiles and also there are integrated in different Eurogroups in the European Parliament. In conclusion: CiU offers a big supranational vision (with some peculiarities), while the SNP is nearer to a confederal vision and the LN is increasingly eurosceptical.