Issues that mobilize Europe. The role of key policy issues for voter turnout in the 2019 European Parliament election

Braun, Daniela; Schäfer, Constantin

doi:10.1177/14651165211040337

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“…As policy issues related to the economy, migration and climate change will continue to dominate European politics in the future, the implications for representation, accountability and responsiveness remain imperative to study. These issues are likely to mobilize the European electorate in future European and national elections as the findings of Braun and Schäfer (2022) suggest citizens of the EU will look at Britain as a 'benchmark' of how a country might develop outside the EU (Hobolt et al, 2022). On the one hand, the Brexit negotiations were chaotic and the British economy will be affected negatively, making the prospects of countries leaving the EU less appealing.…”

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“…Braun and Schäfer (2022) in their contribution to this special issue address precisely that question. They argue that individuals who regard certain policy issues, such as climate change and environment, economy and growth, as well as immigration, as one of the most important problems to solve, are also more likely to take part in EP elections.…”

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“…Taken together, both long-standing challenges related to the Euro and migration and highly topical climate change issues are therefore expected to mobilize European voters. Braun and Schäfer (2022) in their contribution to this special issue address precisely that question. They argue that individuals who regard certain policy issues, such as climate change and environment, economy and growth, as well as immigration, as one of the most important problems to solve, are also more likely to take part in EP elections.…”

Section: Consequences For Voter Behaviourmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Electoral responses to the increased contestation over European integration. The European Elections of 2019 and beyond

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Gattermann

Vreese

2021

European Union Politics

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This special issue focuses on the consequences of the heightened conflict between member states and increased politicization of European affairs for electoral politics in the European Union. In this introduction we begin by outlining three important developments that fuelled the politicization: (a) the common currency; (b) the increased pushback on the EU’s open border policies; and (c) the inability of the EU to prevent democratic backsliding in some countries. We then discuss their consequences for EU elections, particularly campaigns, public opinion on Europe and voter behaviour, which are investigated against the backdrop of the 2019 European Parliament elections in the individual articles in this special issue. This introduction provides a contextual framework for these contributions and reflects upon some of its main findings.

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Electoral responses to the increased contestation over European integration. The European Elections of 2019 and beyond

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Gattermann

Vreese

2021

European Union Politics

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“…All these events had high levels of visibility and resulted in controversy for a European project that, as discussed above, was thitherto based on "permissive consensus" (De-Wilde; Laupold; Schmidtke, 2016). The presence of EU issues has led to a politicization related to the EU (Risse, 2015), to the point that some issues such as climate change, the economy, or immigration can act as fissures that influence voting in European elections Schäfer, 2021).…”

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Brussels will pay for everything. The shaping of the European public sphere before NextGenerationEU

Rivas-de-Roca

García-Gordillo

2022

EPI

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The Covid-19 pandemic meant challenges in crisis management for democratic institutions such as the European Union (EU). To achieve an economic and social recovery to the crisis, the EU institutions have promoted the NextGenerationEU (NGEU) program, a massive recovery package for this purpose. This action takes place at a time of strong visibility of Euroscepticism within a global phenomenon of distrust in political authorities. The present work aims to know the shaping of the European Public Sphere when NGEU is launched. First, the evolution of EU support during the pandemic is described, analyzing the possible factors that influence on this variable. On this matter, a secondary analysis of data is applied on different waves of the Eurobarometer (EB 92, 93, 94 and 95). The statistical method is also used to give items that determine the image of the EU. Moreover, the communicative dissemination of this plan is drawing upon semi-structured interviews with some of the professionals who deal with the task. The objective is to provide an overview of how the public sphere made up of citizens and institutions is defined before a moment of symbolic relevance. The results reveal a trend towards greater positivity with the EU after the pandemic. However, among other possible factors, the degree of support depends on the ideological position and, to a lesser extent, on the type of community where the citizens live. EU officials assess this rise of Europeanism as an opportunity, targeting the NGEU communication campaign especially at young people. Resumen La pandemia de Covid-19 trajo consigo enormes retos en la gestión de crisis para entes democráticos como la Unión Europea (UE). Con el fin de lograr una salida económica y social de la crisis, las instituciones comunitarias han promovido el programa NextGenerationEU (NGEU), un fondo de recuperación masivo destinado a ese propósito. Esta acción se produce en un momento de fuerte visibilidad del euroescepticismo, situado dentro de un fenómeno global de desconfianza en las autoridades políticas. El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo conocer la articulación de la esfera pública europea cuando NGEU se puso en marcha. En primer lugar, se describe la evolución del respaldo a la UE durante la pandemia, analizando los posibles factores que intervienen en dicha variable. Para ello se aplica un análisis secundario de datos sobre distintas oleadas del Eurobarómetro (EB 92, 93, 94 y 95). Se emplea además el método estadístico para extraer elementos que determinan la imagen de la UE. Por su parte, se profundiza en la difusión comunicativa de este plan mediante entrevistas semiestructuradas a algunos de los profesionales que se ocupan de dicha tarea. La pretensión es brindar una panorámica de cómo se configura el espacio público que conforman ciudadanos e instituciones ante un momento de relevancia simbólica. Los resultados revelan una tendencia hacia una mayor positividad con la UE tras la pandemia. Sin embargo, entre otros posibles factores, el grado de apoyo depende del posicionamiento ideológico y, en menor medida, del tipo de territorio donde habita el individuo. Los funcionarios comunitarios valoran ese auge del europeísmo como una oportunidad, dirigiendo la campaña de comunicación de NGEU especialmente a los jóvenes.

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“…The fight against climate change has become a pressing issue on the agenda of the European Union (EU). The 2019 European elections demonstrated that EU citizens considered climate change to be a major challenge for the Union, which translated into a much higher share of votes for green parties and the adoption of a European "Green Deal" as a major goal of the new Commission's work programme (Braun & Schäfer, 2022). After a period in which climate and environmental issues had been relegated to the bottom of the agenda (Burns, 2019), the start of the ninth legislative period (2019-2024) offered the European Parliament (EP) a renewed opportunity to push for more ambitious policy goals.…”

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Framing Climate Policy Ambition in the European Parliament

Kinski

Servent

2022

PaG

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The European Union’s climate policy is considered quite ambitious. This has led to a growing interest among political scientists investigating the European Parliament’s ability to negotiate such ambitious climate legislation. These studies generally focus on the voting behaviour of members of the European Parliament, which allows us to know more about their positions when it comes to accepting or rejecting legislative acts. However, we know surprisingly little about how they debate and justify their positions in Parliament. In these debates, members of the European Parliament not only identify the problem (i.e., climate change and its adverse effects) but also discuss potential solutions (i.e., their willingness or ambition to fight and adapt to climate change). In addition, plenary debates are ideal for making representative claims based on citizens’ interests on climate action. Therefore, this article aims to understand how climate policy ambitions are debated in the European Parliament and whose interests are represented. We propose a new manual coding scheme for climate policy ambitions in parliamentary debate and employ it in climate policy debates in the ninth European Parliament (2019–present). In doing so, this article makes a methodological contribution to operationalising climate policy ambition from a parliamentary representation and legitimation perspective. We find debating patterns that connect quite detailed ambitions with clear representative claims and justifications. There is more agreement on what to do than how to get there, with divides emerging based on party, ideological, and member-state characteristics.

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Issues that mobilize Europe. The role of key policy issues for voter turnout in the 2019 European Parliament election

Cited by 23 publications

References 75 publications

Electoral responses to the increased contestation over European integration. The European Elections of 2019 and beyond

Electoral responses to the increased contestation over European integration. The European Elections of 2019 and beyond

Brussels will pay for everything. The shaping of the European public sphere before NextGenerationEU

Framing Climate Policy Ambition in the European Parliament

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