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Public Opinion and the Shaping of Immigration Policy in the European Council of Ministers

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  • Javier Arregui
  • Mathew J. Creighton

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Do EU citizens’ preferences shape EU immigration policy? Using mixed‐methods and a unique data source on policy‐making in the EU Council of Ministers, we qualitatively and quantitatively assess the link between public sentiment and immigration policy‐making. Accounting for the economic, political and institutional context, we find that domestic public opinion does not play a central role in the policy positions adopted by Member States nor in the salience Member States attach to immigration issues during the negotiation process. We discuss the implications of these findings for our understanding of how EU immigration policy reacts to public opinion.

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  • Javier Arregui & Mathew J. Creighton, 2018. "Public Opinion and the Shaping of Immigration Policy in the European Council of Ministers," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 56(6), pages 1323-1344, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:56:y:2018:i:6:p:1323-1344
    DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12745
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    1. Francesco Pagliacci & Luca Bonacini, 2022. "Explaining The Anti‐Immigrant Sentiment Through a Spatial Analysis: A Study of The 2019 European Elections in Italy," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 113(4), pages 365-381, September.
    2. Ostrihoň, Filip, 2022. "Exploring macroeconomic imbalances through EU Alert Mechanism Reports," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).
    3. Teresa María García-Muñoz & Juliette Milgram-Baleix, 2021. "Explaining Attitudes Towards Immigration: The Role of Economic Factors," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(4), pages 159-173.

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