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This is a list of regional and minority parties in Europe.. Most of them are regionalist, some are autonomist or separatist, others represent minority interests. To be included in the list, parties need to gain at least 3.0% at the country-level or 3.0% in regional entities with at least 500,000 inhabitants or 6.0% in those with at least 100,000 inhabitants.
The results for each group are shown in the adjacent diagram. The vertical scale is the anti-pro Europe spectrum, (0% = extremely anti-Europe, 100% = extremely pro), and the horizontal scale is the economic left-right spectrum, (0% = extremely economically left-wing, 100% = extremely economically right-wing).
In June 2023, the European Parliament adopted a resolution to add 11 MEPs. [2] [3] This was adopted by the European Council in September 2023. [4]Ireland gained one MEP under this arrangement, increasing from 13 to 14.
Euroscepticism is a minority view in Ireland. Opinion polls held in the country between 2017 and 2024 indicated between 70% and 90% support for continued membership of the European Union (EU), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and a 2021 ' Eurobarometer ' report indicating that 75% of poll respondents had a "positive image of the EU".
The fourth-largest party in the Dáil is the Green Party, which made significant gains at the 2020 general election. The fifth largest party in the Dáil is the centre-left Labour Party which was founded by James Connolly and Jim Larkin in 1912. Labour has formal links with the trade union movement and has governed in seven coalition ...
There are three types of government systems in European politics: in a presidential system, the president is the head of state and the head of government; in a semi-presidential system, the president and the prime minister share a number of competences; finally, in a parliamentary republic, the president is a ceremonial figurehead who has few political competences.
The Irish were thought of as the most barbarous people in Europe, and such ideas were modified to compare the Scottish Highlands or Gàidhealtachd where traditionally Scottish Gaelic is spoken to medieval Ireland. [9] To prevent the English from integrating into Irish society, the Parliament passed the Statutes of Kilkenny in 1366. [10]
While the UK government recognised Scots and Ulster Scots as a regional or minority language for the "encouragement" and "facilitation" purposes of Part II of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, [243] for Irish it assumed the more stringent Part III obligations in respect of education, media and administration.