Influence of the attitude of the public towards the European Union on eurosceptic parties' formation and ideology

Bachelor thesis "Influence of the attitude of the public towards the European Union on eurosceptic parties' formation and ideology" deals with the relation between a public opinion on European union and development of eurosceptic parties. The thesis researching whether eurosceptic parties are tend to be populists, so they are adapting their programs according to public opinion on EU, or if they are more standoffish to this surveys. This thesis also tries to find out differences between hard and soft eurosceptic parties in their relation to opinion surveys. These issues are researched on a sample of six eurosceptic parties from different countries of Europe. Political programs are put into context with regular Europe-wide opinion surveys named Eurobarometer. Secondary question is possibility of reverse influence - when eurosceptic party changing level of euroscepticism in its country. Last, but not least, thesis brings insight into the possible transformation from soft to hard eurosceptic and vice versa