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Rallying around the EU flag: Russia's invasion of Ukraine and attitudes toward European integration

Steiner, Nils D. ; Berlinschi, Ruxanda ; Farvaque, Etienne ; Fidrmuc, Jan ; Harms, Philipp ; Mihailov, Alexander ; Neugart, Michael ; Stanek, Piotr (2024)
Rallying around the EU flag: Russia's invasion of Ukraine and attitudes toward European integration.
In: Journal of Common Market Studies : JCMS, 2022, 61 (2)
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00027327
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Item Type: Article
Type of entry: Secondary publication
Title: Rallying around the EU flag: Russia's invasion of Ukraine and attitudes toward European integration
Language: English
Date: 1 July 2024
Place of Publication: Darmstadt
Year of primary publication: 13 December 2022
Place of primary publication: Oxford
Publisher: Wiley Blackwell
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Common Market Studies : JCMS
Volume of the journal: 61
Issue Number: 2
DOI: 10.26083/tuprints-00027327
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Origin: Secondary publication service
Abstract:

This article uses a survey amongst students at European universities to explore whether Russia's invasion of Ukraine has affected attitudes towards European integration. Some respondents completed the survey just before Russia's assault on 24 February 2022, and some did so just afterwards, thus delivering a quasi-experimental design situation, which we exploit. Our results suggest that the ominous news about the Russian attack increased the participants' interest in EU politics, consolidated their attachment to the EU and made them more mindful and appreciative of the benefits of deeper European integration. In effect, the war so close to the EU Eastern border provoked a rally around the supranational EU flag, with convergence of public opinion towards shared European values.

Uncontrolled Keywords: European integration, EU attitudes, external threat, rally around the flag, Russia, Ukraine
Status: Publisher's Version
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-273271
Classification DDC: 300 Social sciences > 320 Political science
300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
Divisions: 01 Department of Law and Economics > Volkswirtschaftliche Fachgebiete > Fachgebiet Finanzwissenschaft und Wirtschaftspolitik
Date Deposited: 01 Jul 2024 13:11
Last Modified: 08 Jul 2024 13:10
URI: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/27327
PPN: 519580966
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