Editing Eddie Izzard (section)

===Political views===
[[File:Eddie Izzard with EU and UK flags.jpg|thumb|Izzard with the flags of the UK and European Union in 2006]]
Izzard is a vocal supporter of [[European values|Europeanism]] and [[European integration]], and has campaigned in support of the [[European Union]]. In May 2005, she appeared on the [[BBC]]'s political debate show ''[[Question Time (TV programme)|Question Time]]'', describing herself as a "British-European", comparing this with other cultural identities such as "African-American". As part of her campaigning, Izzard was one of the first people to spend a euro in London. This pan-European approach has influenced her work, regularly performing in French<ref name="indpndnt_burrell"/><ref name="hitfix_fienberg"/> and occasionally in German.<ref name="thisislondon_dessau"/> On a June 2017 episode of ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]'', she claimed to be working in English, French, German and Spanish.<ref name="German"/><ref name="French"/><!-- "Overtime" segment of ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]'' is on youtube  -->

Izzard campaigned in favour of replacing [[first-past-the-post]] with the [[Instant-runoff voting|alternative vote]] as a system for electing [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MPs]] in [[2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum|a 2011 referendum]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Batty |first=David |title=Alternative vote system would see MPs denied 'jobs for life', says Dyke |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/apr/02/alternative-voting-campaign-politicians-jobs-for-life |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en |date=2 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Comedian Eddie Izzard joins Alternative Vote debate |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-13252510 |website=[[BBC News]] |date=1 May 2011}}</ref> and is a supporter of the [[Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform]]. She is also a proponent of [[Republicanism in the United Kingdom|British republicanism]], believing that the UK should have a democratically elected head of state instead of a monarchy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/being-a-transvestite-has-toughened-me-up-for-politics-says-izzard-9690042.html|title=Being a transvestite has toughened me up for politics, says Izzard|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=6 February 2015|location=London|first=Adam|last=Sherwin|date=26 August 2014}}</ref> She has stated that she is a [[Social democracy|social democrat]], but not a [[Socialism|socialist]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Aida |last=Edemariam |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/dec/02/comedy-celebrity-eddie-izzard |title=Aida Edemariam talks to Eddie Izzard about serious acting and his return to comedy |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=2 December 2008 |access-date=25 February 2016}}</ref> During the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum]], Izzard led a campaign encouraging Scottish people not to vote for independence and said the rest of the UK would feel a "deep sense of loss" if Scotland were to leave.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/eddie-izzard-campaigns-against-scottish-independence-the-uk-would-feel-a-deep-sense-of-loss-if-scotland-left-9199722.html|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|first=Jenn|last=Selby|title=Eddie Izzard campaigns against Scottish Independence|date=18 March 2014}}</ref>

Izzard campaigned unsuccessfully against the closure of the departments of Drama and Languages, Linguistics and Translation at the [[University of East Anglia]], although the department of Drama was later reprieved.<ref name=UEA>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/may/18/highereducation.uk |title=Eddie Izzard leads charge against course closures |last=Curtis |first=Polly |date=18 May 2004 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=12 October 2017}}</ref>