Editing Euroscepticism (section)

===Soft Euroscepticism===
'''Soft Euroscepticism''', also known as '''Eurorealism''', reflects a support for the existence of, and membership of, a form of EU but with opposition to specific EU policies, or in Taggart's and Szczerbiak's words, "where there is NOT a principled objection to European integration or EU membership but where concerns on one (or a number) of policy areas lead to the expression of qualified opposition to the EU, or where there is a sense that 'national interest' is currently at odds with the EU's trajectory."

Both the [[European Conservatives and Reformists Group]], dominated by the right-wing Polish party [[Law and Justice]], and [[The Left in the European Parliament|The Left Group]], which is an alliance of the left-wing parties in the European Parliament, display soft Euroscepticism. The European Conservatives and Reformist Group does not itself use the descriptions Euroscepticism or soft Euroscepticism and instead describes its position as one of Eurorealism, a distinction described by Leruth as being one that is "quite subtle but should not be ignored" given the association of the term Euroscepticism with "European disintegration".  Leruth describes Eurorealism  as "a pragmatic, anti-federalist, and flexible vision of European integration where the principle of subsidiarity prevails, aiming to reform the current institutional framework to extend the role of national parliaments in the decision-making process." Steven states that "Eurorealism is a form of conservativism, first and foremost, rather than a form or Euroscepticism, even if it obviously very much also has the 'soft' Eurosceptic tendencies which are present in a number of ECR member parties."{{sfnp|Szczerbiak|Taggart|2008|p=8}}<ref name="Tagart Szcserbiak">{{cite book|first1=Paul|last1=Taggart|first2=Aleks|last2=Szczerbiak|url=https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway/file.php?name=sei-working-paper-no-51.pdf&site=266|title=The Party Politics of Euroscepticism in EU Member and Candidate States|publisher=Sussex European Institute|page=7|year=2001|language= en|access-date=4 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hooghe|first1=Liesbet|last2=Marks|first2=Gary|date=1 July 2007|title=Sources of Euroscepticism|journal=Acta Politica|language=en|volume=42|issue=2|pages=119–127|doi=10.1057/palgrave.ap.5500192|s2cid=144256307|issn=1741-1416}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Leruth |first=Benjamin |title=The Routledge Handbook of Euroscepticism |publisher=Routledge |year=2020 |isbn=978-0-367-50003-0 |editor-last=Leruth |editor-first=Benjamin |edition=1st |location=Abingdon, Oxfordshire |pages=391–392 |language=EN |editor-last2=Startin |editor-first2=Nicholas |editor-last3=Usherwood |editor-first3=Simon}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Leruth |first=Benjamin |title=Euroscepticism as a Transnational and Pan-European Phenomenon |publisher=Routledge |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-138-59843-0 |editor-last=FitzGibbon |editor-first=John |edition=1st |location=Abingdon, Oxon |pages=50 |language=EN |editor-last2=Leruth |editor-first2=Benjamin |editor-last3=Startin |editor-first3=Nick}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Steven |first=Martin |title=The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) |publisher=Manchester University Press |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-5261-3914-6 |edition=1st |location=Manchester |pages=124 |language=EN}}</ref>