Austrian Euroscepticism has grown markedly, but voters still show little support for leaving the EU

Schmidt, Paul (2016) Austrian Euroscepticism has grown markedly, but voters still show little support for leaving the EU. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog (24 Oct 2016). Website.

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Austria is often cited as an EU state that could potentially follow the UK in holding a referendum on EU membership, but how have attitudes toward the EU changed in the country over recent years? Paul Schmidt states that while there remains a consistent majority among Austrian citizens for staying in the EU, criticism of European policymaking has increased substantially since the early 2000s. Nevertheless, survey evidence indicates that there was an immediate reduction in the number of Austrian citizens who support leaving the EU following the UK’s referendum, and a so called ‘Auxit’ remains an extremely unlikely prospect in the near future.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2016 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	03 Apr 2017 10:40
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 15:02
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/70160

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