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Issuing reasoned opinions: The effect of public attitudes towards the European Union on the usage of the 'Early Warning System'

Published:2016-06-23 Issue:3 Volume:17 Page:504-521
ISSN:1465-1165
Container-title:European Union Politics
language:en
Short-container-title:European Union Politics

Author:

Williams Christopher J¹

Affiliation:

1. Mannheim Center for European Social Research & SFB884, Political Economy of Reforms, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany; Department of Political Science, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, USA

Abstract

This study examines those factors that influence the issuance of reasoned opinions within the European Union’s ‘Early Warning System’. It is posited that greater aggregate public Euroskepticism results in the issuance of more reasoned opinions. This expectation is tested using data derived from the European Parliament, the Commission’s platform for European Union Interparliamentary Exchange, and longitudinal data from the Eurobarometer survey series. It is found that greater aggregate public Euroskepticism is associated with the issuance of more reasoned opinions. This study has important implications for our understandings of policy processes, political responsiveness, and democratic governance in the European Union and its member states.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Political Science and International Relations,Demography,Health (social science)

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1465116516633301

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