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National Differentiation Experience and Citizen Support for Differentiated Integration

This article examines the determinants of public opinion on differentiated integration (DI) in the European Union (EU). Specifically, it tests whether citizen attitudes are informed by the national experience of opt‐outs and exclusions from full participation in EU policies. The study generally finds that support for DI strongly depends on the mode of DI. Even though ‘multi‐speed DI’ is only temporary, it is evaluated more critically than durable treaty opt‐outs establishing ‘multi‐tier DI’. We suggest that citizens from opt‐out countries oppose multi‐speed DI out of concern that it would render their exemptions temporary, whereas citizens from new member states tend to be critical towards the often involuntary and discriminatory transitional arrangements that were imposed by the old member states.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies ; ISSN: 1468-5965 ; Volume: 61 ; Year: 2023 ; Issue: 5 ; Pages: 1235-1260 ; Hoboken, NJ: Wiley

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
differentiated European integration
multi‐speed integration
multi‐tier integration
public opinion

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Winzen, Thomas
Schimmelfennig, Frank
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Wiley
(where)
Hoboken, NJ
(when)
2023

DOI
doi:10.1111/jcms.13460
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  • Winzen, Thomas
  • Schimmelfennig, Frank
  • Wiley

Time of origin

  • 2023

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