Is the EU held accountable for economic performances? Assessing vote and popularity functions before and after membership

Bibliographic Data

ID6258633
AuthorsRaul Magni-Berton (0000-0002-9973-0032, Sciences Po Grenoble, corresponding author), Raul Magni‐berton (Univ. Grenoble‐Alpes, Sciences Po Grenoble, PACTE and LIEPP Grenoble France), Abel François (0000-0003-3262-4590, Lille University (LEM), and LIEPP Sciences Po Paris Lille France, corresponding author), Cal Le Gall (0000-0001-9215-1479, UCLouvain (ISPOLE) Louvain Belgium, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume60
Issue1
Pages69-91
Publication date2021-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Political Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0304-4130 • E-ISSN: 1475-6765
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1475-6765.12387
OpenAlexW3010233767
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited41

The EU has become increasingly responsible for the state of national economies over the last decades. Meanwhile, many observers have claimed that this increased responsibility has not translated into more accountability. In this article, we revisit this literature and analyse vote‐popularity functions before and after accession because it provides a situation when the EU is an incumbent and when it is not. Using Eurobarometer surveys from 2001 to 2011, which were carried out in the countries that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007, we first show that individuals do not hold the EU accountable for macroeconomic performances before accession, but that they do after accession. Using European Election Studies surveys, we also indicate that the incumbent European Peoples’ Party is held accountable for the state of the economy in countries that are ruled by the EU, but not in countries that have just become EU members

Accession · Accountability · Economic policy · Economics · Eu countries · Eurobarometer · European union · Member state · Member states · Political economy · Political science · Popularity · State (computer science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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