Public opinion and the crisis: the dynamics of support for the euro

By S. Hobolt, Christopher Wratil. 2015

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ABSTRACT Further integration in the European Union (EU) increasingly depends on public legitimacy. The global financial crisis and the subsequent euro area crisis have amplified both the salience and the redistributive consequences of decisions taken in Brussels, raising the question of how this has influenced public support for European integration. In this contribution, we examine how public opinion has responded to the crisis, focusing on support for monetary integration. Interestingly, our results show that support for the euro has remained high within the euro area; however, attitudes are increasingly driven by utilitarian considerations, whereas identity concerns have become less important. While the crisis has been seen to deepen divisions within Europe, our findings suggest that it has also encouraged citizens in the euro area to form opinions on the euro on the basis of a cost–benefit analysis of European economic governance, rather than relying primarily on national attachments.

Subfields: Political Science and International Relations, Strategy and Management

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European integration and the crisis: practice and theory (2015, background): “As Hobolt and Wratil (2015) suggest, public opinion may best be viewed as a driver (for or against integration) that could be incorporated into larger theories of European integration.”
European economic integration in times of crisis: a case of neofunctionalism? (2015, background): “, close to the heart of national sovereignty and substantially politicized (Hobolt and Wratil 2015) – while it has often been assumed that the neofunctionalist logic only works in a depoliticized environment (Hoffmann 1966).”
Understanding the political economy of the eurozone crisis (2017, background): “Overall, incumbents and mainstream parties have been punished in elections across the board and the crisis has had a destabilizing effect on these countries’ party systems (Bellucci et al 2012, Bosco & Verney 2016, Hernández & Kriesi 2015, Katsanidou & Otjes 2016).”