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Europe at the Epicenter of National Politics: The Attitudes of Greek Political Elites Towards the European Union and the Economic Crisis
Europa am Epizentrum nationaler Politik: die Einstellungen der griechischen politischen Eliten zu EU und Wirtschaftskrise
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Abstract This article presents new research on the Europeanness of Greek political elites under the economic crisis. It registers the views of a sample of 74 Greek Members of Parliament (MPs) on European integration and the handling of the economic crisis by the European Union (EU). The ENEC survey, which wa... view more
This article presents new research on the Europeanness of Greek political elites under the economic crisis. It registers the views of a sample of 74 Greek Members of Parliament (MPs) on European integration and the handling of the economic crisis by the European Union (EU). The ENEC survey, which was conducted in 2014, shows that Greek MPs continue to be attached to Europe, but evaluate negatively the role of EU’s institutions during the economic crisis. They mostly view European integration positively, but are skeptical about the representativeness of EU organs. There is a discernible set of “core attitudes” which constitute the Europeanness of Greek MPs, but there is also a set of issues on which MPs are clearly divided. The dominant dimension of conflict within Greek political elites is the issue of economic austerity packages, i.e., the Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs), as since 2010 EU’s management of the crisis has become the epicenter of Greece’s domestic politics. The two party, SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government that was formed after the January 2015 elections was not a surprise given the close proximity of these two parties on their stance towards the MoUs and the EU.... view less
Keywords
EU; party politics; EU policy; attitude; economic crisis; domestic policy; European integration; european identity; Greece; political elite; austerity policy
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
European Politics
Free Keywords
Europeanness
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 86-105
Journal
Historical Social Research, 41 (2016) 4
Issue topic
National Political Elites and the Crisis of European Integration, Country Studies 2007-2014
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.41.2016.4.86-105
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed