European Attitudes in Eastern European Countries After the Economic Crisis
European Attitudes in Eastern European Countries After the Economic Crisis

Author(s): Fabio Serricchio
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Politics and Identity
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: European Union; Eastern Europe; Economy; Identity
Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses the determinants of people’s support for the European institutions, mainly focusing on the impact of European identity, after the economic crisis in Eastern European countries and in a moment in which – after a profound uncertainty for its immediate future – there is a new feeling toward the European integration. Previous research on the support for the European institutions, before the economic and financial crisis which had hit Europe since 2008, has found that people’s evaluations followed mainly an instrumental logic – support being contingent on a perception of personal/national benefit accruing for EU membership – with an additional role played by European identification. This contribution expands the analysis after the beginning of the economic crisis, so to assess whether the former has affected the structure of such support, and deepens the analysis of the impact of EU identity on European Institutional confidence. Using a recent Eurobarometer survey (88.3, Autumn 2017), the paper shows that European identity plays a crucial role in explaining European support also after the crisis.

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