Crossing the border: EU membership assessment by Ukrainian refugees in early 2022
The Russian invasion at the beginning of 2022 forced many Ukrainians to find refuge in safer places. Using unique survey data collected in the early days of the war, this research note turns to Ukrainian refugees’ opinions in two host countries: Germany and Poland. We are interested in how this – ot...
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| author | Ann-Kathrin Reinl Bernd Weiß Steffen Pötzschke Alexia Katsanidou |
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| description | The Russian invasion at the beginning of 2022 forced many Ukrainians to find refuge in safer places. Using unique survey data collected in the early days of the war, this research note turns to Ukrainian refugees’ opinions in two host countries: Germany and Poland. We are interested in how this – otherwise hard-to-reach und so far understudied – group of people evaluated their country’s potential European Union (EU) accession at that very specific moment in time, whether there existed differences in perceptions between the interviewees in the two countries, and what the predictors might have been. Overall, our findings indicate that the Ukrainian refugees interviewed generally supported Ukraine's accession to the EU, with no significant differences observed between the two host countries. Furthermore, both utilitarian and identity-driven factors played minor roles in shaping support for a future EU membership. These insights are not only valuable for academic research but also hold relevance for political stakeholders at both national and EU level. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-29f9877fbddd45499694e3a26d14cf132025-08-20T02:40:32ZengTaylor & Francis GroupPolitical Research Exchange2474-736X2024-12-016110.1080/2474736X.2024.2375506Crossing the border: EU membership assessment by Ukrainian refugees in early 2022Ann-Kathrin Reinl0Bernd Weiß1Steffen Pötzschke2Alexia Katsanidou3European University Institute Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Firenze, ItalyGESIS Mannheim, Mannheim, DeutschlandGESIS Mannheim, Mannheim, DeutschlandGESIS Cologne and University of Cologne, Köln, GermanyThe Russian invasion at the beginning of 2022 forced many Ukrainians to find refuge in safer places. Using unique survey data collected in the early days of the war, this research note turns to Ukrainian refugees’ opinions in two host countries: Germany and Poland. We are interested in how this – otherwise hard-to-reach und so far understudied – group of people evaluated their country’s potential European Union (EU) accession at that very specific moment in time, whether there existed differences in perceptions between the interviewees in the two countries, and what the predictors might have been. Overall, our findings indicate that the Ukrainian refugees interviewed generally supported Ukraine's accession to the EU, with no significant differences observed between the two host countries. Furthermore, both utilitarian and identity-driven factors played minor roles in shaping support for a future EU membership. These insights are not only valuable for academic research but also hold relevance for political stakeholders at both national and EU level.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2474736X.2024.2375506EU membershipUkrainian refugeesGermanyPolandsocial media sampling |
| spellingShingle | Ann-Kathrin Reinl Bernd Weiß Steffen Pötzschke Alexia Katsanidou Crossing the border: EU membership assessment by Ukrainian refugees in early 2022 Political Research Exchange EU membership Ukrainian refugees Germany Poland social media sampling |
| title | Crossing the border: EU membership assessment by Ukrainian refugees in early 2022 |
| title_full | Crossing the border: EU membership assessment by Ukrainian refugees in early 2022 |
| title_fullStr | Crossing the border: EU membership assessment by Ukrainian refugees in early 2022 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Crossing the border: EU membership assessment by Ukrainian refugees in early 2022 |
| title_short | Crossing the border: EU membership assessment by Ukrainian refugees in early 2022 |
| title_sort | crossing the border eu membership assessment by ukrainian refugees in early 2022 |
| topic | EU membership Ukrainian refugees Germany Poland social media sampling |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2474736X.2024.2375506 |
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