Party views on differentiated integration

Bellamy, Richard, Kröger, Sandra and Lorimer, Marta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9214-3898 2021. Party views on differentiated integration. Comparative European Politics 19 , pp. 622-641. 10.1057/s41295-021-00250-9

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Abstract

Research on differentiated integration (DI) has by and large ignored the views of political party actors on DI. Drawing on 35 semi-structured interviews with party actors from seven member states and situated across the political spectrum, we show them to regard DI as divisive and deeply political. We also identify two little explored dimensions affecting their views: namely the wealth of their member state (MS) and its prior experience of DI. Interviewees from richer MS generally favour DI more than those from poorer MS, and those from MS that have not experienced sovereignty or capacity DI welcome DI more than those from MS that have. While the former tend to see DI as allowing both opt outs for MS unwilling or unable to integrate further and enhanced cooperation for MS able and desirous of doing so, the latter fear their MS being excluded and relegated to a second-class status.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Law
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
ISSN:	1472-4790
Date of Acceptance:	29 July 2021
Last Modified:	13 Nov 2025 15:13
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/182264

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