Lutz Philipp
University of Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Eur Union Polit. 2024 Jun;25(2):313-332. doi: 10.1177/14651165241226721. Epub 2024 Feb 16.
The European Union has progressively communitarised its migration policy. The formation of public support for this integration of a core state power presents an intricate puzzle. On the one hand, immigration is part and parcel of the conflict around the opening and closing of nation states, and thereby mobilises nativist views and Euroscepticism. On the other hand, the European Union may serve as a shield against external threats such as uncontrolled immigration. This article sheds light on this conundrum by examining how refugee arrivals affect public support for a common European migration policy across 28 European Union member states between 1992 and 2021. The results lend support to a post-functionalist logic of an identitarian backlash against integration and a collective action logic of instrumental solidarity in line with national interests.
欧盟已逐步将其移民政策共同体化。公众对这种核心国家权力整合的支持形成是一个错综复杂的难题。一方面,移民是围绕民族国家开放与封闭的冲突的一部分,从而引发本土主义观点和欧洲怀疑主义。另一方面,欧盟可以作为抵御不受控制的移民等外部威胁的盾牌。本文通过研究1992年至2021年期间难民抵达如何影响28个欧盟成员国对共同欧洲移民政策的公众支持,来阐明这一难题。研究结果支持了一种后功能主义逻辑,即针对一体化的认同性反弹,以及符合国家利益的工具性团结的集体行动逻辑。