The meaning and the role of the resistance to the EU for the Left Party

This article focuses on opposition to Europe from the socialist dissenters who founded the Left Party and co-founded the Left Front. We argue that opposition to Europe is not only a form of resistance to European integration, but also a catalyst of dissent, a tool for mobilization and differentiation towards the Socialist party, and a way to define the boundaries of the “other left”. The article deals with the ideological meaning and strategic use of opposition to Europe, which has played a significant role in the political enterprise of unifying socialist dissenters.