National Economic Performance and Public Support for the EU

Name: National Economic Performance and Public Support for the EU
Brand: Vita e Pensiero
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Article

Magazine

RIVISTA INTERNAZIONALE DI SCIENZE SOCIALI

Issue

RIVISTA INTERNAZIONALE DI SCIENZE SOCIALI - 2007 - 4

Title

National Economic Performance and Public Support for the EU

Author

Marco Montanari

Publisher

Vita e Pensiero

Format

Article |

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Pages

Online from

04-2007

Issn

0035-676X (print) | 1827-7918 (digital)

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Description

This paper analyses the relationship between national economic conditions and public support for the EU. Firstly, it proposes a simple conceptual framework, drawing on theories of utilitarian support and on the recent political economic literature on integration processes. Subsequently, it tests this framework against panel data on EU member countries. The findings show that economic benefits and costs shape citizens’ attitudes towards EU membership, but with differences over time and space. Our analysis challenges some previous findings of the literature on aggregate public support for the EU and may also shed some light on the problems encountered during ratification of the Constitutional Treaty.