Party ideologies and European foreign policy. Examining the transnational foreign policy space

Otjes, Simon; Veer, Harmen van der; Wagner, Wolfgang

doi:10.1080/13501763.2022.2096103

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“…By focussing on the public opinion of foreign an security policy-making in Europe, this article not only contributes to the debate on whether external threats can result in further EU integration (Freudlsperger & Schimmelfennig, 2022 ; Genschel, 2022 ; Genschel & Schimmelfennig, 2022 ) but also speaks to the literature on the development of EU foreign and security policy and strategic autonomy in general (Howorth, 2001 ; Howorth & Keeler, 2003 ; Ojanen, 2006 ; Smith, 2004 ). In addition, with the emphasis on the demand side of foreign and security policy, this article, by analysing the citizens' preferences, also taps into the discussion of how domestic partisan politics could influence foreign and security policy decision-making (Otjes et al, 2022 ; Raunio & Wagner, 2020 ).…”

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A unified autonomous Europe? Public opinion of the EU's foreign and security policy

Wang

Moise

2023

Journal of European Public Policy

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has pushed the EU into a new phase where both the political elites and the public start to rethink its foreign and security policies. This paper uses a unique survey in seven European countries in the wake of the war to examine European public opinion on how the EU's foreign and security policies should be made and how autonomous they should be. We find that Europeans not only favour increasing military capacity at the national or NATO level but also prefer increasing military capacity at the EU level, though to a lesser degree. We also show that perceptions of both short-term and long-term threats, European identification and mainstream left-wing ideology lead Europeans to favour a more militarily powerful, unified and autonomous EU.

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