Voter preferences for EU asylum policies : the role of government cues
Kriesi, Hanspeter (European University Institute (Itàlia))
Vrânceanu, Alina (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Date:	2024
Description:	23 pàg.
Abstract:	We study whether and how governments influence public opinion about immigration policies in Europe. At the European level, conflicts about policy are generally territorial in nature - that is, they involve conflicts between member states, which are represented by their governments. Distinguishing between four types of situations, depending on whether the national governments support or oppose EU policy proposals, we formulate and test hypotheses concerning the positions of incumbent and opposition voters/non-voters on four different asylum-policy proposals in 16 European countries. We test both direct effects of incumbent cues on voters' preferences, and moderating effects, where the cueing affects the way in which individual attitudes to immigration and European integration translate into specific preferences for EU asylum and immigration policies. Our results suggest that voters, indeed, follow the cues provided by their governments when forming their preferences on EU policies.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Asylum policy ; Public opinion ; EU policies ; Government cues ; Polarization ; SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
Published in:	Government and Opposition, Vol. 59 Núm. 3 (2024) , p. 888-910, ISSN 1477-7053

DOI: 10.1017/gov.2023.41

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