Should EU member states help each other? How the national context shapes individual preferences for European solidarity
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2023
Citazione:
Should EU member states help each other? How the national context shapes individual preferences for European solidarity / C. Mariotto, A. Pellegata. - In: COMPARATIVE EUROPEAN POLITICS. - ISSN 1472-4790. - 21:1(2023 Feb), pp. 42-63. [10.1057/s41295-022-00301-9]
Abstract:
With the outbreak of the Eurozone crisis, the idea of providing cross-national financial
transfers to countries in economic and financial difficulties has exacerbated the
political divide between EU member states with strong macroeconomic performances,
which were only weakly hit by the crisis, and the countries of the Eurozone
periphery that struggled with a harsh economic downturn. This paper aims to
explain which factors drive public support for cross-national solidarity within and
across countries. We argue that the national context in which citizens live affects
their preferences for providing financial help to other European countries, and moderates
the role played by subjective egotropic and sociotropic economic concerns,
ideological predispositions, and Eurosceptic vote choices in shaping public support
for European solidarity. Using the original REScEU 2016 survey, we find that subjective
economic motivations provide a limited contribution in explaining support
for European solidarity, and almost only in countries weakly hit by the crisis. On
the contrary, left–right positions, and especially Eurosceptic vote choices, strongly
polarize preferences for EU financial assistance, both within and across countries
with voters from Eurosceptic parties more(less) likely to support European solidarity
in countries strongly(weakly) hit by the Eurozone crisis.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
EU financial assistance; European solidarity; European Union; Eurozone crisis; International redistribution
Elenco autori:
C. Mariotto, A. Pellegata
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