What is Euroscepticism?
{{redlinks|date=April 2020}} [[File:Nigel Farage MEP 1, Strasbourg - Diliff (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|160px|[[Nigel Farage]], a eurosceptic.]] '''Euroscepticism''' is the criticism of the [[European Union]] (EU). Some observers also say that the total rejection of the EU is euroscepticism.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Matthew|title=Why anti-EUism is not left-wing|url=http://www.workersliberty.org/story/2011/10/26/why-anti-euism-not-left-wing|website=Workers' Liberty|publisher=[[Alliance for Workers LibertyAnti-Europeanism]]|access-date=31 January 2016|date=26 October 2011}}</ref> Euroscepticism should not be confused with [[Anti-Europeanism]], which is the dislike or fear of European [[culture]] and/or people. Eurosceptics says that the European Union weakens the [[nation state]]. They also say that the European Union is too [[bureaucracy|bureaucratic]] (meaning that important decisions are made by officials who aren't elected).<ref>{{citation | first = David | last = Kopel | url = http://www.davekopel.org/Media/Mags/SilencingOppositionInTheEU.htm | publisher = Davekopel.org | access-date = 18 February 2015 | title = Silencing opposition in the EU | archive-date = 29 December 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161229163504/http://www.davekopel.org/Media/Mags/SilencingOppositionInTheEU.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/3644012/Why-arent-we-shocked-by-a-corrupt-EU.html | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | title=Why aren't we shocked by a corrupt EU? | first=Daniel | last=Hannan | date=14 November 2007 | access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref> In 2016, the countries with the most unfavourable view of the EU were [[Greece]], [[France]], [[Spain]] and the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{citation | title = Euroscepticism on the rise across Europe as analysis finds increasing opposition to the EU in France, Germany and Spain | date= 8 June 2016 | url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/euroscepticism-on-the-rise-across-europe-as-analysis-finds-i