Mapping public support for the varieties of differentiated integration

Julian Schuessler; Max Heermann; Dirk Leuffen; Lisanne de Blok; Catherine E De Vries

doi:10.1177/14651165221127633

Mapping public support for the varieties of differentiated integration

Julian Schuessler, Max Heermann, Dirk Leuffen, Lisanne de Blok, Catherine E De Vries

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Abstract

This article maps and investigates public support for different types of differentiated integration (DI) in the European Union. We examine citizens’ preferences for DI using novel survey data from eight EU member states. The data reveals substantive differences in support for different types of DI. Factor analyses reveal two dimensions that seem to structure citizens’ evaluations of DI. The first dimension relates to the effect of DI on the European integration project, the second concerns the safeguarding of national autonomy. Citizens’ attitudes on this second dimension vary substantively across countries. General EU support is the most important correlate of DI support, correlating positively with the first and negatively with the second dimension. Our results underline that while citizens generally care about the fairness of DI, balancing out their different concerns can be a challenging political task.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	164-183
Number of pages	20
Journal	European Union Politics
Volume	24
Issue number	1
Early online date	25 Sept 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/14651165221127633
Publication status	Published - Mar 2023

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was supported by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (grant numbers 822304 and 822419).

Funding Information:
We thank two anonymous reviewers and the editor for their helpful comments. Moreover, we are grateful to Simone Cremaschi, John Erik Fossum, Magdalena Góra, Sandra Kröger, Frank Schimmelfennig, Mark Thatcher, Resul Umit, as well as participants at the ECPR SGEU conference in 2021, the ‘DI Garage' of the ECPR Research Network on Differentiated Integration, and various EU3D workshops, for their valuable input. Pascal Mounchid provided excellent research assistance. Work on this article was generously supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement 822419 and Grant Agreement 822304 as well as the Danish National Research Foundation, grant number: DNRF144.

Funding Information:
We thank two anonymous reviewers and the editor for their helpful comments. Moreover, we are grateful to Simone Cremaschi, John Erik Fossum, Magdalena Góra, Sandra Kröger, Frank Schimmelfennig, Mark Thatcher, Resul Umit, as well as participants at the ECPR SGEU conference in 2021, the ‘DI Garage' of the ECPR Research Network on Differentiated Integration, and various EU3D workshops, for their valuable input. Pascal Mounchid provided excellent research assistance. Work on this article was generously supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement 822419 and Grant Agreement 822304 as well as the Danish National Research Foundation, grant number: DNRF144. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was supported by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (grant numbers 822304 and 822419).

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Keywords

Core Europe
Differentiated integration
Factor analysis
Public opinion
two-speed Europe

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