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EU Referendum 2016 in the Greek Press

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The outcome of the British 2016 referendum on EU membership sent shockwaves through Europe. This chapter uses a discursive methodology in order to examine the response of four major Greek newspapers with national circulation. The chapter aims tο clarify the ways in which the UK’s EU referendum was perceived and represented in Greece. Through this investigation, we aim to highlight the different constructions of the referendum as a tool for decision making and/or consultation, as well as varying conceptions of popular sovereignty, of the notion of ‘the people’ and hence of democratic legitimacy itself, as they are articulated in media discourses. Lastly, we argue that examining the debate around Brexit within the Greek press may also illuminate Greece’s own responses to issues arising from its ambivalent and often turbulent relationship with the EU during the years of crisis and austerity and in particular during its own referendum in July 2015.

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  1. Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK

    Giorgos Katsambekis

  2. European University Institute, Florence, Italy

    George Souvlis

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  1. Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

    Anthony Ridge-Newman

  2. University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, United Kingdom

    Fernando León-Solís

  3. Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Hugh O'Donnell

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Katsambekis, G., Souvlis, G. (2018). EU Referendum 2016 in the Greek Press. In: Ridge-Newman, A., León-Solís, F., O'Donnell, H. (eds) Reporting the Road to Brexit. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73682-2_15

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