Citizens' perception of the Cohesion Policy and support for the European Union

López‐Bazo, Enrique; Royuela, Vicente

doi:10.1111/rsp3.12223

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“…Empirical research on the effectiveness of the cohesion policy in the lagging regions of Slovakia has also shown that its impact has been marginal and only short term (Némethová, Širaňová, & Šipikal, 2018). The lack of awareness of the EU assistance provided to the region is also a frequently mentioned factor in the literature in this field (López‐Bazo & Royuela, 2019). Last important finding in this section is that it may sense to distinguish between the various types of cohesion aid, as they can have different effects on the electoral behaviour of the population.…”

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EU integration, regional development problems and the rise of the new radical right in Slovakia

Rehák

Rafaj

Černěnko

2021

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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The rise of the radical right in Slovakia is associated with stronger attitudes against the European integration and globalization. In this paper, the authors examine the role of the regional factors associated with EU membership in the voter support of the traditional and the new radical right political parties in Slovakia. The main finding is that while the support for the traditional radical right is mostly based on cultural and nationalistic factors, the support for the new radical right is associated with the regional economic factors such as the unemployment rate and wages. The electoral results of the radical right are more influenced by the unemployment rate just after joining the EU than by the situation during elections. Results also show that in the analysis of the impact of investments from the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) on voter support of the radical right, it is useful to distinguish between investments from the ERDF and CF and from the ESF.

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EU integration, regional development problems and the rise of the new radical right in Slovakia

Rehák

Rafaj

Černěnko

2021

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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“…Recently, this issue received great attention, witnessed by the funding of two Horizon 2020 projects 6 (Capello and Perucca, 2018;Aiello et al, 2019), aimed at understanding the relationship between Cohesion Policy implementation and citizens' identification with Europe. This stream of research generally pointed out a positive association between EU funding and European identity, subject however to the mediation of several factors, namely the level of awareness and satisfaction with the actions undertaken (Capello and Perucca, 2019), the implementation of effective strategies of information, communication and the involvement of the local population (López-Bazo & Royuela, 2019;Smętkowski & Dąbrowski, 2019). Coherently with this evidence, in the context of this paper Cohesion Policy is expected to decrease the identity gap in favour of national over European identity.…”

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When Country Matters More than Europe: What Role for EU Cohesion Policy?

Perucca¹

2020

IIRR-JORR

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This paper analyses the relationship between country and European identity, and how Cohesion Policy can influence it. While the two sentiments are positively correlated, empirical evidence shows that this association significantly decreased in the last two decades, jointly with an increase in the support of nationalisms and Eurosceptic parties. It is therefore interesting to understand what is the role of EU regional policy in mediating citizens’ identification. To elements of Cohesion Policy are expected to be associated to the citizens’ preference for their country over Europe: the intensity of funding and the perceived outcome of EU regional policy. Results show that regional divergence is mirrored by a divergence also in identity, i.e. citizens identify more and more with their country and less with Europe. On the other hand, the intensity of funding is substantially neutral in this process.

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“…They unveil that EU transfers increase support for European integration. Nevertheless, López-Bazo and Royuela (2019) found that the intensity of the Cohesion Policy did not stimulate support for the EU.…”

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Did Decentralisation Affect Citizens’ Perception of the European Union? The Impact during the Height of Decentralisation in Europe

Tselios

Rodríguez‐Pose

2020

Economies

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The aim of this paper is to assess the extent to which different levels of decentralisation across regions of the European Union (EU) affected citizens’ perceptions about European integration over the period 1973–2002. The paper uses Eurobarometer Surveys to explore by means of multinomial logistic regressions whether decentralisation was an important factor behind the varying perceptions about Europe. Two dimensions of decentralization—political and fiscal—are considered in the analysis, alongside several compositional and contextual effects. The results of the analysis show that fiscal decentralisation was fundamental for citizens’ support for European integration, while there is limited evidence that political decentralisation played a similar role. Hence, while fiscal decentralisation may have given prominence to the economic benefits of European integration, political decentralisation was more associated with its economic costs. Taking into account that history matters, this paper raises potentially interesting insights for the design of policies aimed at promoting social cohesion.

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Citizens' perception of the Cohesion Policy and support for the European Union

Cited by 12 publications

References 28 publications

EU integration, regional development problems and the rise of the new radical right in Slovakia

EU integration, regional development problems and the rise of the new radical right in Slovakia

When Country Matters More than Europe: What Role for EU Cohesion Policy?

Did Decentralisation Affect Citizens’ Perception of the European Union? The Impact during the Height of Decentralisation in Europe

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