written by
Wang, Chendi ; Moise, Alexandru D.
A unified autonomous europe? Public opinion of the EU’s foreign and security policy – Journal of European Public Policy
30/05/2023
scritto da
Wang, Chendi ; Moise, Alexandru D.

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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Chendi Wang & Alexandru D. Moise (2023) A unified autonomous europe? Public opinion of the EU’s foreign and security policy, Journal of European Public Policy, DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2023.2217230
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This project is funded with a Synergy Grant by the European Research Council under Grant Agreement n. 810356. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.