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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.
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".
Fianna Fáil, a traditionally Irish republican party founded in 1927 by Éamon de Valera, is the joint-largest party in the Dáil and considered centrist in Irish politics. It first formed a government on the basis of a populist programme of land redistribution and national preference in trade and republican populism remains a key part of its ...
political party (regionalist):Asturian Renewal Union; political party (separatist): Andecha Astur; Autonomist movements. Cartagena. Proposed: extended autonomy for Cartagena within Region of Murcia. Political party: Movimiento Ciudadano de Cartagena; León. People: Leonese. Proposed autonomous area: Leonese region. Political parties: Unión del ...
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.
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 Citizens' Assembly (Irish: An Tionól Saoránach [1] and also known as We The Citizens [2]) is a citizens' assembly established in Ireland in 2016 to consider several political questions including the Constitution of Ireland. [3] Questions considered include: abortion, fixed term parliaments, referendums, population ageing, and climate change.
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.