ABSTRACT

In response to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Union has launched one of the largest assistance packages in EU history, where all 27 EU member states are asked to jointly borrow 500 billion Euros to finance grants to areas hardest hit by the crises. Despite the unprecedented size of this package, we know less about citizens’ support for such a common EU response to the crises. Using unique data from a representative survey in Germany, Italy and Romania, this study shows that while average levels of public support for cross-border financial assistance varies across countries, individual-level determinants are generally unrelated to perceptions of the crises as such. Instead, slow moving factors unrelated to the crises, including general value orientation, cosmopolitanism and trust determine expressions of cross-border social solidarity. We discuss implications for understanding public responses to major crises and long-term support for a common EU response.

摘要

为应对 COVID-19 大流行的后果，欧盟推出了欧盟历史上规模最大的一揽子援助计划之一，要求所有 27 个欧盟成员国共同借款 5000 亿欧元，为受疫情影响最严重的地区提供赠款。危机。尽管这个一揽子计划的规模空前，但我们对公民对欧盟应对危机的这种共同反应的支持知之甚少。本研究使用来自德国、意大利和罗马尼亚的代表性调查的独特数据，表明虽然各国对跨境金融援助的平均公共支持水平各不相同，但个人层面的决定因素通常与对此类危机的看法无关。相反，与危机无关的缓慢变化的因素，包括一般的价值取向，世界主义和信任决定了跨界社会团结的表现。我们讨论了理解公众对重大危机的反应以及对欧盟共同反应的长期支持的影响。