Pro-Europeanism, sometimes called European Unionism, [1] [2] is a political position that favours European integration and membership of the European Union (EU). [3] The opposite of Pro-Europeanism is Euroscepticism .

This is a list of pro-European political parties in Europe, both active and defunct.

Mar 15, 2025 · ROME (AP) — Tens of thousands of Italians joined a pro-Europe rally in Rome’s city center Saturday, waving blue European Union flags in a sign of support and unity as a European push for rearmament divides the country.. The initiative, supported by most of the center-left opposition parties, despite their different positions, was launched by Italian journalist Michele Serra at the end of ...

Feb 4, 2021 · What does it mean to be “pro-European” today? As champions of the EU see a growing threat to the continent's culture and civilisation, whiteness may become even more central to European identity.

Dec 12, 2023 · Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk set out a pro-European Union vision and pledged strong support for Ukraine on Tuesday, a day after his appointment ended eight years of nationalist rule that...

Oct 21, 2024 · In a speech on Monday, Maia Sandu declared victory for the pro-EU campaign, which won with around 50.5 percent of the vote after a long night of counting ballots. “The people of the Republic of Moldova have spoken, and the majority have endorsed the …

Pro-Europeans are mostly classified as centrist (Renew Europe) in the context of European politics, including centre-right liberal conservatives and centre-left social democrats (S&D and Greens/EFA). Pro-Europeanism is ideologically closely related to …

Aug 30, 2023 · Results from a qualitative analysis of party positions in their national and European manifestos between 1990 and 2019 suggest that a pro-European position can be categorised by three patterns: enthusiast, equivocal and critical.

May 27, 2019 · A diffuse alliance of pro-EU parties has largely held its ground in European elections, after a bruising battle with anti-establishment groups in which Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche was narrowly...

Jan 5, 2025 · Having long shied away from proactively politicizing issues of European integration, the past crisis decade has put generally pro-European mainstream parties under pressure to spell out more clearly which kind of Europe they support.