Economic Insecurity and Public Support for the Euro

Hobolt, Sara B.; Leblond, Patrick

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“…Specifically, we analyse how attitudes towards monetary integration have been influenced by the global financial crisis and the euro area crisis since 2008. Our findings demonstrate that, contrary to what one might expect, public support for economic integration has remained stable within the euro area, while it has declined in EU member states outside the euro area (see also Hobolt and Leblond [2014]; Roth et al [2011]). However, the factors that shape euro support in the euro area have shifted from identity-based concerns before the crisis to more utilitarian considerations during the crisis.…”

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“…Support for monetary integration has also been explained in utilitarian terms, arguing that individuals with high involvement in international trade should favour the euro more than individuals employed in the non-tradable sector (Banducci et al 2009;Gabel 2001;Gabel and Hix 2005). Studies of support for the euro have also found that sociotropic economic concerns play a role: citizens in countries that benefit economically, or are perceived to benefit economically, from membership of the EU are more supportive of the euro (Banducci et al 2003(Banducci et al , 2009Hobolt and Leblond 2014;Kaltenthaler and Anderson 2001). An alternative explanation for the variation in support for European integration, and the euro more specifically, focuses less on economic self-interest and more on the threat that European integration can pose to national identity and a country's symbols and values (Carey 2002;Hooghe and Marks 2004;McLaren 2006).…”

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“…We can also see that, whereas there has been a decline in support among euro outsiders since 2010, support inside the euro area has remained fairly stable (see also Clements et al [2014]; Roth et al [2011]). This suggests that the choice facing insiders and outsiders is very different, and whereas insiders have remained supportive, outsiders have become less certain about the benefits of joining a monetary union in crisis (Hobolt and Leblond 2014).…”

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Public opinion and the crisis: the dynamics of support for the euro

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2015

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Further integration in the European Union (EU) increasingly depends on public legitimacy. The global financial crisis and the subsequent euro area crisis have amplified both the salience and the redistributive consequences of decisions taken in Brussels, raising the question of how this has influenced public support for European integration. In this contribution, we examine how public opinion has responded to the crisis, focusing on support for monetary integration. Interestingly, our results show that support for the euro has remained high within the euro area; however, attitudes are increasingly driven by utilitarian considerations, whereas identity concerns have become less important. While the crisis has been seen to deepen divisions within Europe, our findings suggest that it has also encouraged citizens in the euro area to form opinions on the euro on the basis of a cost -benefit analysis of European economic governance, rather than relying primarily on national attachments.

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“…The link between these developments can be explained by utilitarianism, which posits that citizens who mostly perceive economic advantages of European integration are more likely to support this process than citizens who mostly perceive economic disadvantages(Gabel, 1998), a logic that has become more prominent after the Euro crisis(Hobolt and Leblond, 2013;Hobolt and Wratil, 2015).Blaming Brussels?…”

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Blaming Brussels? The Impact of (News about) the Refugee Crisis on Attitudes towards the EU and National Politics

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This paper investigates how the refugee crisis has affected attitudes towards the EU, as well as attitudes towards national institutions. By combining different waves of individual survey data, official records of asylum applications and a content analysis of the media, we examine the effect of the numbers of asylum applications and the amount of media coverage thereof on citizens' attitudes towards the EU and national politics. Our findings demonstrate that the number of asylum applications in the EU and the media attention this generates primarily affect euroscepticism, while the number of asylum applications into each individual Member State first and foremost affects attitudes towards national institutions. Our results contribute to the literature on democratic accountability, by demonstrating that, even in a complex multi-level governance structure, citizens differentiate between levels of government.

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“…Knudsen, ; Schuck & Vreese, ), a fact highlighted consistently by Eurobarometer data showing strong support for EU membership, even in times of crisis (Nielsen ). Recently, euroscepticism has been tied to the evolution of EMU (European monetary union) (Hobolt & Leblond, ; Ioannou et al, ; Usherwood & Startin, ), resulting in the overwhelming success of eurosceptic parties in the latest European Parliament election (2014). Additionally, Denmark and Sweden witnessed increased euroscepticism in the recent national elections (Bäckman 2015).…”

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Personality and Euroscepticism: The Impact of Personality on Attitudes Towards the EU

Nielsen

2016

J of Common Market Studies

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Attitudes towards EU integration are widely studied, yet we know only little about the role of personality for EU attitudes. Utilizing a framing experiment encompassing positive and negative frames of EU integration, this article reports on how personality influences attitudes towards EU integration, and how personal predispositions moderate framing effects, impacting EU attitude formation. The study relies on Danish and Swedish data (N = 1808). I test both the direct impact of personality on EU attitudes and personality's moderating impact on framing effects. I find that extraversion and openness positively correlate with positive EU attitudes, while people scoring high on neuroticism tend to support the EU less. Furthermore, I find that personality moderates different EU frames. Individuals with certain personality traits are more influenced by framing effects than others, while positive and negative frames also are perceived differently according to personal predispositions. I find only little country differences between Denmark and Sweden.

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Economic Insecurity and Public Support for the Euro

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Public opinion and the crisis: the dynamics of support for the euro

Public opinion and the crisis: the dynamics of support for the euro

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