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By deliberating on the correlations between the monetary security and the EUROsceptic views of the European citizenry and elites, this chapter addresses the problem of supranational monetary policy and the consequences it has for the economic security of the EU and its constitutive member states. The analysis starts with the introduction into the concept of EUROscepticism and its relations with the classical Euroscepticism. Then the second key term of the chapter is defined, which is the monetary security—nested in the general understanding of the economic security. Here, not only the author provides his own understanding of the monetary security, but also discusses its main levels, dimensions, functions and determinants. In the last part, the correlations between the two phenomena are discussed, followed by a conclusive part, summarising the main conclusions on the correlations between the phenomenon of EUROscepticism and supranational monetary integration.
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Which is an element of a broader concept of Euroscepticism—the negative attitude towards the European integration as a whole or some of its aspects or ideas. These two terms are conceptualised more in details in the further parts of this article. See also Zuba and Riedel (2015).
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The scholarly analysis of Euroscepticism focuses on various aspects, predominantly however on party politics and public opinion.
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Joining the Eurozone very often requires the change of the constitution which is not possible without building super-majority in the parliaments or decision in the form of a nation-wide referendum.
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Riedel, R. (2018). EUROscepticism and Monetary Security in Europe. In: Frankowski, P., Gruszczak, A. (eds) Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Regional and Global Security . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75280-8_1
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