Editing Euroscepticism (section)

===Ireland===
{{Main|Euroscepticism in the Republic of Ireland}}
Euroscepticism is a minority view in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], with opinion polls from 2016 to 2018 indicating growing support for EU membership, moving from 70% to 92% in that time.<ref name = newstalk>{{cite web|url = http://www.newstalk.com/Ireland-EU-membership-poll-Brexit-UK-referendum-Red-C-European-Movement-Ireland | publisher = NewsTalk | title = Almost 80% say Ireland should stay in the EU, even if UK leaves | date= 29 May 2015 | quote = According to the poll, 84% of adults here also believe that Ireland has, on balance, benefited from membership. [..] These figures are higher than those in a similar poll carried out in 2013}}</ref><ref name="postbrexitpoll">{{cite web|url=http://www.newstalk.com/Brexit-Ireland-opinion-poll-Britain-economy-Northern-Ireland-referendum-EU|title=Over 60% of people say the EU is more important to Ireland than the UK|work=newstalk.com|access-date=19 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/strong-majority-want-a-minister-for-brexit-according-to-poll-1.2955473?mode=amp|title=Strong majority want a Minister for Brexit, according to poll|website=irishtimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/ireland/news/Eurobarometer-Ireland-national-results_en|title=Little public support for "Irexit" – Latest national Eurobarometer results|first=Grainne|last=Galvin|date=27 February 2017|website=Ireland – European Commission}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0509/873610-eu_poll/ |title=Poll suggests 88% of Irish people want Ireland in EU |journal=RTÉ News|date=9 May 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-leave-eu-poll-february-2018-3836085-Feb2018/ | publisher = The Journal | title = Should Ireland leave the EU? New poll shows only 10% of voters would back 'Irexit' | date = 10 February 2018 }}</ref><ref name="DFAtweet">{{cite tweet |user=dfatirl |author-link=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Ireland) |number=993838618606211072 |date=8 May 2018 |title=Support for Ireland remaining in the EU has jumped to over 90%}}</ref>

The [[Irish people]] initially voted against ratifying the Nice and Lisbon Treaties. Following renegotiations, second referendums on both were passed with approximately 2:1 majorities in both cases.<ref name="SinnottElkink">{{cite web|author1=Richard Sinnott|author2=Johan A. Elkink|url=http://dfa.ie/uploads/documents/EU%20Division/attitudes%20and%20behaviour%20second%20referendum2010.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225100546/http://dfa.ie/uploads/documents/EU%20Division/attitudes%20and%20behaviour%20second%20referendum2010.pdf |archive-date=25 December 2010|title=Attitudes and Behaviour in the Second Referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon|publisher=[[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Ireland)|Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland]]|date=July 2010}}</ref> Some commentators and smaller political groups questioned the validity of the Irish Government's decision to call second referendums.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.peoplebeforeprofit.ie/node/156 |title=Lisbon Treaty is unchanged and must be rejected |publisher=peoplebeforeprofit.ie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604231511/http://archive.peoplebeforeprofit.ie/node/156 |archive-date=4 June 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irsp.ie/Statements/irsp_cur.html |title=Oppose Second Referendum:But Urge a No Vote |publisher=IRSP |access-date=16 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519003450/http://www.irsp.ie/Statements/irsp_cur.html |archive-date=19 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The left-wing [[Irish republican]] party [[Sinn Féin]] expresses [[Soft Euroscepticism|soft Eurosceptic]] positions on the current structure of the European Union and the direction in which it is moving.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sinnfein.ie/files/2016/GE2016ElectionManifesto.pdf|title=General Election Manifesto 2016|website=Sinn Féin|page=30|access-date=1 May 2018|quote=Recent governments have been totally deferential to the EU and its most powerful member states. ...[W]e will: uphold the right of democratically elected governments to decide their social and economic priorities in the interests of their own people; seek to return powers to EU member states and increase the influence of member state parliaments in the EU legislative process; support reforms of the EU which are aimed at reducing the power of the European Commission, making it more transparent and accountable to the European and member state parliaments; and increasing the influence of smaller member states.}}</ref>
The party expresses, "support for Europe-wide measures that promote and enhance human rights, equality and [[United Ireland|the all-Ireland agenda]]", but has a "principled opposition" to a [[European superstate]].<ref name="Bean2008">{{cite book|last=Bean|first=Kevin|title=The New Politics of Sinn Fein|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g7AgCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA171|access-date=9 March 2016|year=2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-1781387801|page=171}}</ref> In its manifesto for the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 UK general election]], Sinn Féin pledged that the party would campaign for the UK to stay within the EU.<ref name="Irish Times EU">{{cite news|last1=Moriarty|first1=Gerry|title=SF says North should be able stay in EU in a Brexit|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=20 April 2015|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/sf-says-north-should-be-able-stay-in-eu-in-a-brexit-1.2182397|access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref> In [[2019 European Parliament election in Ireland|the 2019 European Parliament election]], Sinn Féin won one seat and 11.7% of the vote, down 7.8%.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Johnston |first=Samuel A. T. |date=2 January 2020 |title=The 2019 European Parliament elections in Ireland |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07907184.2019.1652165 |journal=Irish Political Studies |language=en |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=18–28 |doi=10.1080/07907184.2019.1652165 |s2cid=210559430 |issn=0790-7184}}</ref>

The [[Socialist Party (Ireland)|Socialist Party]], a [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] organisation, supports Ireland leaving the EU and supported the [[Brexit]] result.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://socialistparty.ie/2016/06/ireland-brexit-and-why-the-eu-must-be-opposed/|title=Ireland, Brexit and why the EU must be opposed|publisher=Socialist Party|date=28 June 2016|access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref> It argues that the European Union is institutionally capitalist and neoliberal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://socialistparty.ie/2015/06/eu-a-force-for-progress-or-profits/|title=EU – A force for progress or profits?|publisher=Socialist Party|date=17 June 2015|access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref> The Socialist Party campaigned against the Lisbon and Nice Treaties and favours the foundation of an alternative Socialist European Union.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://socialistparty.ie/2012/04/for-a-european-struggle-against-austerity-for-a-socialist-europe/|title=For a European struggle against austerity – For a socialist Europe|publisher=Socialist Party|date=20 April 2012|access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref>