Britain, the European Union and the Referendum: What Drives Euroscepticism?

Public attitudes to the EU referendum, although still fluid, have tightened in recent months, and as of late 2015 there is a strong prospect that the eventual vote may be very close.

Britons who are planning to vote to leave the EU are motivated mainly by dissatisfaction with how, in their view, democracy is working at the EU level, and by strong concerns over immigration and its perceived effects on Britain’s economy, culture and welfare state, according to this briefing.

• Primary Source

Blog: UK in a Changing Europe, 11.12.15: It’s close Jim, but not as we know it http://ukandeu.ac.uk/its-close-jim-but-not-as-we-know-it/

ESO: Background information: Britain's Choice on Europe: The Polls at the End of 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/britains-choice-on-europe-the-polls-at-the-end-of-2015/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

ESO: Background information: EU referendum: Majority of UK public wants 'Brexit', poll reveals http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-referendum-majority-of-uk-public-wants-brexit-poll-reveals/

What UK Thinks: EU Polls of Polls http://whatukthinks.org/eu/opinion-polls/poll-of-polls/

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