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JournalISSN: 1465-1165

European Union Politics 

SAGE Publishing
About: European Union Politics is an academic journal published by SAGE Publishing. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): European union & European integration. It has an ISSN identifier of 1465-1165. Over the lifetime, 655 publications have been published receiving 31187 citations. The journal is also known as: EUP & EUO.


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TL;DR: This paper analyzed Eurobarometer data and found that the more national elites are divided, the more citizens are cued to oppose European integration, and this effect is particularly pronounced among citizens who see themselves as exclusively national.
Abstract: This article summarizes and extends the main lines of theorizing on public opinion on European integration. We test theories of economic calculus and communal identity in a multi-level analysis of Eurobarometer data. Both economic calculus and communal identity are influential, but the latter is stronger than the former. We theorize how the political consequences of identity are contested and shaped - that is to say, politically cued - in national contexts. The more national elites are divided, the more citizens are cued to oppose European integration, and this effect is particularly pronounced among citizens who see themselves as exclusively national. A model that synthesizes economic, identity, and cue theory explains around one-quarter of variation at the individual level and the bulk of variation at the national and party levels.

791 citations

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Sean Carey1
TL;DR: The authors posits that national identity is an important element in explaining attitudes towards the European Union, and a model of support for European integration is developed that suggests that people support European integration based on their own identity.
Abstract: This article posits that national identity is an important element in explaining attitudes towards the European Union. A model of support for European integration is developed that suggests that fe...

562 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare legislative dynamics under all procedures in which the Council of Ministers votes by qualified majority (QMV) and make five major points: the Parliament acts as a pro-integration entrepreneur, policy outcomes under consultation, cooperation and the new codecision will be more integrationist than the QMV-pivot in the Council prefers.
Abstract: This paper compares legislative dynamics under all procedures in which the Council of Ministers votes by qualified majority (QMV). We make five major points. First, the EU governments have sought to reduce the democratic deficit by increasing the powers of the European Parliament since 1987, whereas they have lessened the legislative influence of the Commission. Under the Amsterdam treaty's version of the codecision procedure, the Parliament is a coequal legislator with the Council, whereas the Commission's influence is likely to be more informal than formal. Second, as long as the Parliament acts as a pro-integration entrepreneur, policy outcomes under consultation, cooperation and the new codecision will be more integrationist than the QMV-pivot in the Council prefers. Third, the pace of European integration may slow down if MEPs become more responsive to the demands of their constituents. Fourth, the EU is evolving into a bicameral legislature with a heavy status quo bias. Not only does the Council use...

519 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a three-fold contribution to the study of Euroscepticism in the wider Europe is made, which presents a two-dimensional conceptualization of party positions on European integra...
Abstract: This article aims to make a three-fold contribution to the study of Euroscepticism in the wider Europe. First, it presents a two-dimensional conceptualization of party positions on European integra...

479 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
YearPapers
202317
202246
202146
202034
201933
201831