page_title: Euroscepticism
section_title: Ukraine
hierarchical_section_title: Euroscepticism / In other European countries / Ukraine
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Dmytro Jarosch, Funktionär der ukrainischen rechtsextremen und radikal nationalistischen Gruppe „Prawyj Sektor“. Aufnahme einer Pressekonferenz in Dnepropetrovsk (Video auf Youtube) English: Dmytro Yarosh, Ukrainian politician. A shot from press-conference in Dnepropetrovsk (video in Youtube) Русский: Дмитрий Анатольевич Ярош, украинский политический деятель. Кадр с пресс-конференции в Днепропетровске (видеозапись на Youtube) Українська: Дмитро Анатолійович Ярош, український політичний діяч. Кадр з прес-конференції у Дніпропетровську (відеозапис на Youtube)
context_page_description: Euroscepticism, also known as EU-scepticism, means criticism of the European Union and European integration. It ranges from those who oppose some EU institutions and policies and seek reform, to those who oppose EU membership outright and see the EU as unreformable. The opposite of Euroscepticism is known as pro-Europeanism, or European Unionism.
  The main sources of Euroscepticism have been beliefs that integration undermines national sovereignty and the nation state, that the EU is elitist and lacks democratic legitimacy and transparency, that it is too bureaucratic and wasteful, that it encourages high levels of migration, or perceptions that it is a neoliberal organisation serving the business elite at the expense of the working class, responsible for austerity and driving privatization.
  Euroscepticism is found in groups across the political spectrum, both left-wing and right-wing and is often found in populist parties. Although they criticise the EU for many of the same reasons, Eurosceptic left-wing populists focus more on economic issues while Eurosceptic right-wing populists focus more on nationalism and immigration.
context_section_description: Parties with mainly Eurosceptic views are Opposition Platform — For life, Communist Party of Ukraine and Right Sector.
  The far-right Ukrainian group Right Sector opposes joining the European Union. It regards the EU as an "oppressor" of European nations.
caption: Dmytro Yarosh, leader of the Ukrainian hard Eurosceptic party Right Sector.
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