Pro-Europeanism


Pro-Europeanism, sometimes called European Unionism, is a political position that favours European integration and membership of the European Union. The opposite of Pro-Europeanism is Euroscepticism.

Political position

Pro-Europeans are mostly classified as centrist in the context of European politics, including centre-right liberal conservatives and centre-left social democrats. Pro-Europeanism is ideologically closely related to the European and Global liberal movement.
Pro-Europeans often argue that EU membership has specific benefits for member nations such as that the EU encourages economic prosperity among members, that it promotes peace and stability in member states, that it encourages social progress among member states, that the EU gives countries greater leverage on the world stage compared to countries not in the EU, and that Europeans have shared values and identity. They also argue that these benefits outweigh common criticisms and issues of the EU for member states.

Pro-EU political parties

Pan-European level