Projecting EU Referendums

Claes H. de Vreese (1) , Hajo G. Boomgaarden (1)

1 ASCoR - Amsterdam School of Communication Research

This study tests competing hypotheses about public support for European integration and projects referendum voting behaviour. It emphasizes anti-immigration sentiments as a key variable for understanding reluctance about integration. Drawing on survey data, it is shown that anti-immigration sentiments, economic considerations and the evaluation of domestic governments are the strongest predictors of both attitudinal support for integration and individuals' propensity to vote ‘yes' in a referendum on the enlargement of the European Union (EU).

Mots clés: attitudes towards immigrants; public opinion; referendums; support for European integration

Claes H. de Vreese, Hajo G. Boomgaarden. Projecting EU Referendums. European Union Politics, 2005, 6 (1), pp.59-82. ⟨10.1177/1465116505049608⟩. ⟨hal-00571708⟩