Jeremy Corbyn’s EU troubles: contemporary politics requires having one’s cake and eating it

The UK will hold a referendum on the country’s membership of the European Union at some point in 2016-17. Henrik Bang argues that the forthcoming referendum has shone a light on the nature of contemporary politics, particularly in terms of the changing nature of the Labour Party – now led by the eurosceptic Jeremy Corbyn.

ESO: Background information: The Labour Party’s European policy under Jeremy Corbyn: no Brexit, no Grexit http://www.europeansources.info/record/blog-the-labour-partys-european-policy-under-jeremy-corbyn-no-brexit-no-grexit/

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

EurActiv, 02.02.16: Tsipras and Corbyn expected in Paris ahead of European Council http://www.euractiv.com/sections/uk-europe/tsipras-and-corbyn-expected-paris-ahead-european-council-321506

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