ABSTRACT This paper reassesses the construction, delivery and significance of the Bruges speech by Margaret Thatcher in 1988. Widely seen as a critical moment in the shift towards the legitimising of Euroscepticism, this paper exploits newly released archival material to analyse the internal dialogue between the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and her advisors as they constructed the speech. The paper then analyses how the speech was delivered and argues that it represents a classic example of what is known as epideictic or display rhetoric. This involves constructing a rhetorical choice between the Delors vision of a future Europe based on further intervention, integration and interdependence, and her alternative vision of a market based and deregulated Europe, based on preserving national independence and defending British national sovereignty. By reassessing the construction and delivery of the Bruges speech in this way, we can consider the significance of the speech by assessing the reactions that it provoked. Through this process we identify how and why an essentially anti-federalist speech became viewed as an anti-European speech.

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使欧洲怀疑主义合法化？布鲁日演讲的构建、表达和意义

摘要 本文重新评估了玛格丽特·撒切尔 (Margaret Thatcher) 1988 年布鲁日演讲的构建、传达和意义。被广泛视为欧洲怀疑主义合法化转变的关键时刻，本文利用新发布的档案材料分析了外国之间的内部对话。以及联邦办公室和她的顾问在构建演讲时。然后，论文分析了演讲是如何发表的，并认为它代表了所谓的流行或炫耀言论的经典例子。这涉及在德洛尔基于进一步干预、一体化和相互依赖的未来欧洲愿景与她的基于市场和放松管制的欧洲的替代愿景之间构建修辞选择，该愿景基于维护国家独立和捍卫英国国家主权。通过以这种方式重新评估布鲁日演讲的结构和表达，我们可以通过评估演讲引起的反应来考虑演讲的意义。通过这个过程，我们确定了一个本质上反联邦主义的演讲如何以及为什么被视为反欧洲演讲。