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Integration Against The Nation? The Persistence Of National Identities In Shaping Popular Press Discourses Regarding Eu Integration In Poland, The Uk And Spain

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  • Andrew Anzur CLEMENT

    (University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom)

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As the EU’s competencies have increased, nationalist resistance to EU integration has grown. This contribution argues that persistent national identities colour interest perceptions of national publics, especially among non-elite groups, who are less likely to engage in cross-border interactions. Within this, the news media select events that are likely to violate these perceptions. This paper undertakes content analysis of low-quality, high circulation press in three prominent Member States: Poland, Britain (England & Wales) and Spain. Its findings suggest that EU integration is reflected negatively in both states where concepts of ‘the nation’ and ‘national governance’ remain relatively uncontested. Resistance was less pronounced in Spain. The increased contestability of Spanish national identity among conflicting ethno-linguistic groups caused EU integration to be perceived as less threatening. Nationalist popular discourse against integration gained less traction in the more federalized state constructed from distinct sub-state groupings; what constitutes ‘the nation’ remained normally contested.

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  • Andrew Anzur CLEMENT, 2017. "Integration Against The Nation? The Persistence Of National Identities In Shaping Popular Press Discourses Regarding Eu Integration In Poland, The Uk And Spain," EURINT, Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, vol. 4, pages 90-112.
    • Handle: RePEc:jes:eurint:y:2017:v:4:p:90-112
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