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T1 Do citizens support EU cohesion policy? Measuring European support for redistribution within the EU and its correlates
T2 ¿Apoyan los ciudadanos la política de cohesión de la UE? Medida del apoyo europeo a la redistribución dentro de la UE
A1 Charron, Nicholas
A1 Bauhr, Monika
K1 European Union
K1 Cohesion policy
K1 Redistribution
K1 Public opinion
K1 Survey research
K1 Unión Europea
K1 Política de cohesión
K1 Redistribución
K1 Opinión pública
K1 Encuesta de investigación
K1 Economía
K1 Economics
K1 Geografía
K1 Geography
K1 Sociología
K1 Sociology
AB As the European Union enters into the next decade, its leaders seemingly strive towards more future integration rather than less, despite the recent setback of Brexit and the rise of anti-EU populist parties. In his state of the Union in 2018, Jean Claude Junker emphasized s ‘European solidarity’. One key policy ‘expression of solidary’ would be Cohesion Policy and the Structural Funds, which are “the only real, significant redistributive mechanism in the EU…” (Fratesi 2017). . Despite elite commentary, we know surprisingly little about what EU citizens think of the rationale behind the policy of Cohesion – e.g. economic redistribution within the EU. As part of the PERCEIVE Horizon2020 project, we launched a unique survey to investigate how citizens feel about economic integration within the Union, where 17,200 citizens were interviewed. In this paper, we show how we measure support for the policy, the results as well as a host of correlates. Our analysis shows the variation in citizens’ support for EU Cohesion policy between countries, how support varies between demographic groups, as well as the extent to which support is correlated with utilitarian and ideational factors as well as cue taking. Implications for future developments of this policy are discussed.
PB Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional (AECR)
SN 2340-2717
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/42049
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/42049
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 19-abr-2024