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Has British Politics been Europeanised? Before directly addressing the question it is necessary to define the main concept, Europeanisation. Europeanisation is an analytical concept which is used to "...examine the changes in domestic structures and policies that occur in response to policies and practices institutionalised at the European level."1 It is believed to be the interrelationships between the other states and the process in which "...European rules, mechanisms and collective understandings interact with given domestic structures."2 This clearly illustrates that 'Europeanisation' is a gradual process, rather than a dramatic evolution. There has been much debate about whether the British political system has been Europeanised, and whether it has merged merely into a European political system, rather than maintaining its own stance as a British political system. As a result, the former political parties that stand today have differing views on this topic. Furthermore, internationalists and nationalists also maintain differing views. Internationalists see...

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