THE DEMAND-SIDE OF EUROSKEPTICISM IN EASTERN AND WESTERN EUROPE: Romania and France
THE DEMAND-SIDE OF EUROSKEPTICISM IN EASTERN AND WESTERN EUROPE: Romania and France

Summary/Abstract: Euroskepticism is on the rise in both Eastern and Western Europe. In this paper I use survey data from an Eastern country (Romania) and a Western country (France) and highlight important similarities between the determinants of Euroskepticism, on the one hand, and its electoral consequences, on the other. The analysis shows that Euroskepticism, albeit correlated with authoritarianism, has an independent and significant effect on support for extreme right parties (PRM and the National Front, respectively). These results suggest that, even though the PRM is now practically extinct, the potential for the rise of a new Euroskeptic party in Romania is significant.

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