Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionist Party from Maastricht to Brexit. An analysis of the factors which influence political parties positions on Europ

在英国退欧公投结果公布后，有必要分析为什么北爱尔兰的政治政党在欧洲一体化问题上表现得如此。在新芬党和民主统一党(DUP)这两个政党的情况下，欧洲一体化问题已经成为一个具有决定性和分歧的问题。正如我将在下面讨论的那样，与他们在国外的当代执政党相比，这些政党在欧洲问题上的立场是不正常的，也一直在努力向他们的选民提供一致的立场。这篇论文将深入探讨促成两党与欧洲一体化关系的因素。这将通过一项分析来完成，该分析着眼于政党竞争的角色、党员的角色和媒体的角色。这将有助于我们了解双方内部及其对北爱尔兰、爱尔兰和英国公共话语的巨大影响。它还将有助于我们理解政党如何在关键问题上形成立场，特别是与欧洲一体化有关的问题。

In the wake of the Brexit referendum result, there is a need to analyse why Northern Ireland'spolitical parties behave the way they do with regards to European integration. In the case oftwo parties, Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionist Party (the DUP), the Europeanintegration question has become a defining and divisive issue. As I will discuss below, theseparties present irregular positions on Europe compared to their contemporary governingparties abroad and have also struggled to offer a consistent position to their electorate.This thesis will offer an in-depth examination of the factors which have contributed to bothparties relationship with European integration. This will be done through an analysis whichlooks at elements such as the role of party competition, the role of party membership, and therole of the press. It will contribute to our understanding of both of the parties internally andtheir enormous impact on Northern Irish, Irish, and British public discourse. It will alsocontribute to our understanding of how political parties come to form positions on key issues,in particular in relation to European integration.