The Brexit vote: a divided nation, a divided continent

Hobolt, Sara B.

doi:10.1080/13501763.2016.1225785

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“…Although intra-EU mobility is low compared to migration flows from outside the EU and in comparison to the United States (European Commission 2014b), concerns over the impact of intra-EU migration have become a major political issue (Portes 2015), fuelling Eurosceptic attitudes combined with anti-immigrant sentiment, and contributing to Brexit (Hobolt 2016;Vasilopoulou 2016). Against this background, this article explains attitudes towards EU free movement, conducting multilevel analysis of four Eurobarometer surveys, carried out between 2015 and 2017.…”

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Opportunity or threat? Public attitudes towards EU freedom of movement

Vasilopoulou

Talving

2018

Journal of European Public Policy

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This article examines the effect of individual and contextual variables on preference formation towards European Union (EU) freedom of movement. Our multilevel analyses of Eurobarometer data show that citizens with low levels of human capital and strong feelings of national identity are more likely to oppose intra-EU migration. However, we argue that in order to fully grasp variation in public preferences, we need to consider the domestic context. Utilitarian and affective theories have more explanatory power in richer countries, but in less affluent member states support for free movement is evenly high irrespective of individual dispositions. Our findings have implications for the progress of European integration, especially at a time when the EU is in the process of deciding on a course of action about its future direction.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Opportunity or threat? Public attitudes towards EU freedom of movement

Vasilopoulou

Talving

2018

Journal of European Public Policy

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“…Melo and Stockemer 2014;Abendschön and Tausendpfund 2017). A recent example is the voting behaviour in the Brexit referendum in the UK: young people mostly supported the country's membership in the EU, whereas older citizens predominantly voted in favour of leaving (Hobolt 2016).…”

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Perceived economic self-sufficiency: a country- and generation-comparative approach

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Caserta

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Eur Polit Sci

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“…But we can hypothesise with great probabilities that retirees favoured Brexit in contrast of youngsters who preferred the Remain option (Hobolt, S. 2016). The academics with low absolute number compared to others segment of society said no to UK Source: Electoral Commission exit (Cressey, D. 2016a,b).…”

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“…et al 2015) and polarisation and socio-spatial peripheralisation in East-Central-Europe (Lang, T. 2015). It reinforces regional disparities in terms of political opinion of residents with urban and rural background in the UK (Hobolt, S. 2016). Moreover, it makes the separatist movement in Europe and the rest of the World stronger (Montanari, A.…”

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Free movement of people and the Brexit

Gellér-Lukács

Töttős

Illés³

2017

HunGeoBull

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This paper deals with the development of free movement of people principle during the initial phase of United Kingdom (UK) exit from European Union (EU). Utilising descriptive methods we highlighted the cornerstones of negotiations till the deal. The Conclusions adopted by the Heads of State and Government of the EU Member States on 19 February 2016 laid down a set of arrangements between the UK and the EU that try to find a solution for the questions around four problematic areas of EU integration mentioned in the 10 November 2015 letter of David Cameron, in order not to make the concerns of the UK so pronounced that it would lead to the exit of the country from the EU. The study examines the agreement's the fourth policy area (immigration) and the British concerns attached to the social benefits and immigration aspects of the free movement of EU nationals to UK, as well as answers of EU Heads of State and Government and the declarations of the European Commission's will. The analysis covers the abuses experienced by the UK, their legal roots and the possibilities to act against them. The contribution places great emphasis on exploring to what extent the future directions of amendments could be considered clear, how they could be transformed into EU norms, how they could affect the EU legal system and its application. We concluded that the idea of a multi-speed Europe has reached the freedom of movement of people principle. Finally, in light of the Brexit referendum, the authors also try to explore disputable scenarios of how the results could affect the UK's relation with the EU in the near future.

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The Brexit vote: a divided nation, a divided continent

Cited by 771 publications

References 35 publications

Opportunity or threat? Public attitudes towards EU freedom of movement

Opportunity or threat? Public attitudes towards EU freedom of movement

Perceived economic self-sufficiency: a country- and generation-comparative approach

Free movement of people and the Brexit

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